The chessboard has been the source of many ingenious puzzles that involve spatial reasoning and insight thinking. The seven ...

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Which chess piece is "colour bound", meaning that depending on which square it started, it can only move onto either white or black spaces on the board?

As more and more flops are rescued from the ash heap of history, it was only a matter of time before Chess got its turn. A musical with a, shall we say, checkered past, it was conceived by Tim Rice, ...

Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess. He, alongside a few others, has helped to develop the sport from one which was played by the elites to a phenomenon that has exploded in recent years, ...

The unexpected death of Daniel Naroditsky, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was announced by his family in a statement released on Monday by his club, the Charlotte Chess Center. No cause of death was ...

Daniel Naroditsky, 29, a chess grandmaster and educator, has died unexpectedly, the Charlotte Chess Center announced. No cause of death was released, and his family has asked for privacy. Naroditsky ...

The tour will consist of 24 players, with some qualifying through rating and the remaining through eligible tournaments. The Total Chess World Championship Tour has been officially launched by Norway ...

MISAMIS Occidental is set to take the international spotlight in the world of chess as it hosts the Asean+ Individual Chess Championships – Governor Henry Oaminal Cup, a nine-day event running at the ...

Chess enthusiasts and players from across the Sultanate of Oman gathered in Muscat to mark the World Chess Day recently and exchanged their experiences and knowledge in the intellectual sport. The ...