He could have advanced toward a title when his opponent, Boris Spassky, took ill. Instead, he displayed one of the game’s ...

Over a rollup chess mat on a Franklin Park picnic table, Loren Schmidt brightens while speaking about the Alekhine's Defence, ...

The air boss is the person charged with choreographing the show by launching and recovering aircraft and managing ground ...

The silhouette of Castle La Crosse against a Wisconsin sunset is the kind of sight that makes you understand why people still ...

Nestled in the heart of La Crosse, Wisconsin sits a magnificent stone fortress that will make you question whether you’ve ...

As CNN notes, “very, very sound chess” required over 508,000 votes cast and 30,000 forum posts throughout the six-week-long ...

The style of play used for this mega-tournament is called Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess, named after the late chess juggernaut Bobby Fischer. In this form of chess, pawns remain in their ...

The chess team of St. Catherine of Siena School, coached by Chris McKinnie, won the Louisiana State Scholastic Chess ...

Carlsen squared off against 143,000 players from around the world — but the tennis legend was unable to clinch a victory over Team World. Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has become the ...

Team World's moves were decided by popular vote. The style of play used for this mega-tournament is called Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess, named after the late chess juggernaut Bobby Fischer. In ...