Play Chess Online — one of the easiest and most fun ways to dive into the world of chess. You don’t need a physical board, a ...

For White, who possesses the advantage of the first move, hypermodern openings offer a unique blend of flexibility and ...

Rose seemed destined for greatness when he came into the NBA. He was named Rookie of the Year in 2008-09, crowned league MVP ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these similarities, they developed a new classification method which can complement ...

The fifth-best chess player in the world brought out his queen on the third move. Today, on day two of a four-game chess exhibition between grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and Komodo, the single strongest ...

“Improv Chess” is an idea for game tournaments that would encourage participants to rely on speculative thinking and what Shneiderman calls frontier thinking. Instead of relying on memorized sequences ...

In Game 3 of the World Chess Championship in Sochi, Russia, challenger Viswanathan of India stormed back into the match with a decisive, crushing win over titleholder Magnus Carlsen — just two days ...

Chess has a reputation for cold logic, but Vladimir Kramnik loves the game for its beauty. “It’s a kind of creation,” he says. His passion for the artistry of minds clashing over the board, trading ...