The lesson this week is that king-pawn endgames often devolve into a race. The fat king usually loses. Reach Eric Morrow at ...

King Henry VIII was not very fast. Neither was King George III, among others. Power perhaps is fattening or a heavy burden, ...

As chess players, we often measure progress by Ranking, Rating, Wins or Tournament Victories. But there are many ways to ...

Chess is often seen as a tool to aid rational ... as counting (a clear example is evaluating a ‘Pawn Race’ in King-pawn endings), probability (the chances of our opponent choosing a certain ...

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...