A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I was a schoolgirl and found it so deadly dull and tiresome it was a ...

Every so often a chess piece is moved from one square to another, a hand strikes a clock and the action is recorded in a ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

Spring training days can be long, and though chess provides a respite, it serves a function. It encourages mental elasticity, ...

From Deep Blue to modern AI, how chess exposed the shift from brute-force machines to learning systems, and why it matters AI ...

To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

There were prizes, but mostly, “people want to do it for bragging rights,” she said. Mac Hills took first place in the tournament, and he is welcome to brag away until the club’s next tournament, ...

Alexandra Kosteniuk discusses her chess journey, the game's evolution, and her motivations as a top player in her 40s.

Rialto USD’s after-school chess program helps students build critical thinking, focus and resilience—ending with a Chess ...

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...