Chess News: In a stunning upset at Norway Chess, D Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen for the first time in a classical game, marking a historic moment. Carlsen's blu ...

There have been a variety of guesses for the singer, with Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg thinking it might be Serena Williams, Jeong saying Regina King and Rita Ora suggesting Ashley Graham.

At 20 feet tall, the wood king piece outside the World Chess Hall of Fame is officially the world’s largest, certified by Guinness World Records in 2018. The bigger one ...

The standard method of recording moves in a chess game is known as algebraic notation. The name isn’t quite accurate; no math is required. Being able to read and understand notation is a vital ...

Every stage features a chess board with increasingly difficult layouts of enemy pieces for the king to navigate, with an end goal of, what else, eliminating the opposing king.

St. Teresa of Ávila, the Patron Saint of Chess, Always Defended Her King “This King does not allow himself to be taken,” said St. Teresa, “except by one who surrenders wholly to him.” ...

Baltimore Ravens left guard, John Urschel, plays chess with members of the award winning University of Maryland Baltimore County chess team. He moves a chess piece during a game. Urschel is an ...

ST. LOUIS, April 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Chess Hall of Fame unveiled the newest world record for the largest chess piece, certified by ...

The pieces are stripped of any symbolic meaning and reduced to pure form. Their designations –bishop, knight, king– become irrelevant.

Prior to 1849, there was no such thing as a “normal chess set.” At least not like we think of it today. Over the centuries that chess had been played, innumerable varieties of sets of pieces ...