A Mr. Basterot, of France, has recently edited a work upon the game of chess ; and among other particulars, he informs his readers, upon good authority, that this game was invented during the ...

The following examples illustrate the "power of doubling." Inventor of Chess and Emperor of India It is believed that chess was invented some 1,500 years ago in India, and the game's inventor so ...

Though not an actual game of chess, this scene has often been called the "chess scene ... This idea of "civilian memory as ...

The Taliban has banned chess in Afghanistan, calling it haram under Islamic law. But this isn’t the first time the game has ...

The excellent historical novel by Chen Yao-Cheng (陳耀昌) is a gripping tale of Taiwan in the 17th century, called Formosa at ...

Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun secured her fifth consecutive Women’s World Chess Championship on Wednesday ... means Ju has become just the fourth woman in history – and the first Chinese ...