On 26 November 1844, two chess teams faced off while separated by 60 kilometers, as the Washington Chess Club played a team ...

Board games cover a lot of ground; they can be as simple as checkers, or as complex as Monopoly. They can even revolve around the collection of cards, such as in Magic the Gathering. Ironically, many ...

The classic one-on-one strategy game of chess has, fundamentally, remained unchanged for as long as anyone reading this has been alive. You and your opponent each command an army of pieces and take ...

Dota Auto Chess may be a worldwide phenomenon and the most successful third party Dota custom game ever, but that doesn't mean playing it is a simple process. Like most things associated with Dota it ...

From Netflix shows such as “The Queen’s Gambit” to its rock and roll superstar Magnus Carlsen, the popularity of chess has never been stronger. As the game embraces the digital world, chess has only ...

The sounds of a late-night game around New York City. People gather in Union Square to play chess.Credit...Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times Supported by By Julia Carmel Chess can be a nearly ...

The game of chess has long been central to computer science and AI-related research, most notably in IBM’s Deep Blue in the 1990s and, more recently, AlphaZero. But the game is about more than ...

The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 players from around the world. The event set a new record for someone ...