Intelligence is attractive, and so are these 11 chess grandmasters and players, whose moves have us locked in checkmate.

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 ...

Zoey Tang started playing chess at age 7 in a local library. Now, at just 16, she’s No. 1 in the U.S. and ready to be named a ...

The prize pool is $1.5 million. Knowing chess people as I do, there will inevitably be some upturned noses at this announcement. But this was inevitable and, as a chess lover, it's been a great ...

Like so many other people, I got chess-pilled. Chess.com, the world's leading chess site, now regularly reports record numbers of players — it said that in February 2023 it hosted more than 1 ...

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“Our goal is to reach more scholastic chess players in Oregon, hopefully get more people interested in learning the game,” Tang said. Teaching chess has become another passion. “I think when ...