At the United States Chess Championship, I entered a world of chess as serious business. For one thing, I was wanded by a security guard on my way up to the competition. (To prevent cheating, cell ...

Interest in chess among students is growing at Columbus City Schools thanks to the work of a nonprofit aimed at bringing it ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

Frans Peeters. The cliché says good decisions take time. But in professional chess, the opposite pattern keeps appearing.

PA live! (WBRE) — Paola Giangiacomo is back to give a teaser of her next edition of Paola’s Parenting Playbook. This week she is discussing a hobby that is increasing in population amongst teens: ...

Ramsey Stiles had played chess for more than two years before ever getting the chance to say, "checkmate." Not that the junior at Highland School of Technology would ever say the word. Attacking the ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Across cultures and generations, the game of chess is a universal language. “Chess is a fight. We are warriors of the mind,” said Pierre, a 60-year-old chess player. “My ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Laffeyette Smith’s tattooed hands reached across a chess board as he moved his king while his opponent, Jamar Holmes, groaned as he realized he had made a ...

Chess is getting a sequel. Yes, that Chess. The game with the little horses and kings and queens has been around for thousands of years. A few video games have transcended our hobby to become ...