The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest player in history. However, it cannot replace him. These super-strong platforms ...

The University of Missouri chess team placed first at the U.S. Chess Federation’s President’s Cup this weekend as the nation’s top collegiate chess programs gathered in Columbia at Memorial Union.

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...

President Trump explained his strategy in the war with Iran as "high level chess" during a White House event on Monday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: If you want to see the stock market go down, start ...

The history of chess is filled with prodigies who seemed destined for greatness before they became adults. Interestingly, elite chess players spend thousands of hours training before they reach their ...

Despite President Trump's public emphasis on diplomacy, the core dispute between the US and Israel centers on including limits to Iran's expanding missile capabilities in any agreement, which Tehran ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2026 American Cup, hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC) at its newly expanded and recently reopened facility, will return March 2–13, 2026, continuing its ...

The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix Judit Polgár's rise to chess stardom is documented ...

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had a mix of dangerous drugs in his system at the time of his mysterious death last year, according to a medical examiner’s report. The report obtained by The ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

While we may be used to the spectator sports of Bloomsday, Hoopfest or Gonzaga basketball, the halls of the Spokane Convention Center are giving way this weekend to something a little less... loud.

The International Chess Federation filed the complaint against Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who had insinuated that Daniel Naroditsky cheated. By Michael Levenson The global governing ...