FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...

Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the ...

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...

The 14th game also became iconic due to Gukesh’s reaction, when he spotted Liren’s blunder at the end-game. It was of pure ...

The week has been a mixed bag for Apple. First, it launched a new iPhone app for organizing events and being actually social; then, it had to contend with a third-party app store offering a porn app ...

His Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has relented against FIDE for now, but the bitterness between both camps is palpable ...

Karatekin also refers back to MIT many times, including referencing Rybka or “little fish” system developed by an MIT alumnus ...

This is where human intelligence comes in. The ability to frame problems, challenge assumptions, and think critically is the ...

From clubs to tournaments, classes to casual play, you can find chess games for any level of skill around Kansas City. This story was first published in KCUR's Adventure newsletter. You can sign ...