A blitz game at the European Women’s Chess Championship quickly turned into one of the most embarrassing moments of the tournament. Facing a 2300-rated international master, the position collapsed ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...

On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed ...

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 ...

Chess, one of the world’s biggest global cognitive sports, is going through a renaissance. Once limited to casual games in clubs, parks and schools, the sport has exploded into digital platforms and ...