Chess has recently been enjoying a spike in popularity. This is predominantly thanks to the Netflix series Queen's Gambit, as well as the rise of chess streamers and chess competitions on Twitch that ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

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 ...

Children from New York schools are consistently winning national chess championships, and programs dedicated to teaching ...

The Sheridan Chess Association announced today that three chess grandmasters will travel to Sheridan during the first weekend ...

Eight‑year‑old chess prodigy Tamizh Amudhan from Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, stunned the circuit by defeating world No. 7 Vincent ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

Chess has always been a part of Henry Lien’s life. He’s played it since he was 5 years old or so, his tiny hands just big enough to hold the pieces. He grew up in a part of the Bay Area, Marin, which ...