Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

According to a recent leak, Duolingo may soon add chess lessons and practice sessions to its popular language-learning ...

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Now, Barthelmey has taken things one step further by publishing a new paper in the journal Physical Review E that treats ...

From intricately designed pawns to boards from luxury brands, check out the most expensive chess sets in the world.

In a shocking turn of events, world-renowned chess champion Magnus Carlsen has been beaten in an online match by a ...

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Minot Public Library’s Chess Club is about to celebrate its one-year anniversary. The club formed last April and since then ...

David MacEnulty tells the story of how he came to be the coach of a team of elementary school chess players — all from impoverished neighborhoods.

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