Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann ...

My research shows that chess created a space in which players – regardless of their skin colour – could engage as equals.

Javokhir Sindarov is destroying the competition for a spot in the world championship match. Even Magnus Carlsen is stunned.

In 1965, a group of Israeli amateurs shocked the Soviet chess elite, securing a moral victory in the Cold War arena. The ...

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A viral moment involving Magnus Carlsen has unexpectedly brought attention to one of the rising names in world chess, Alua ...

Chess is a game of the master stroke, a step-by-step war that only lets the most mindful of them all emerge victorious. In ...

It's being called the de facto national championship as the two final No. 1 seeds face off in the Final Four on Saturday night. Can Michigan beat Arizona?

The world’s largest chess piece standing proudly in St. Louis, Missouri, right outside the World Chess Hall of Fame. Standing beside this colossal wooden monarch makes you feel like you’ve shrunk down ...

Holiday hours: The library will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 2, and closed Friday, April 3, in observance of Easter. Normal ...

THE WEEK > Your government Monday, April 6 Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor ...

There’s a general store, a fudge factory, and even a jail. The whole place is covered in silly signs and puns about the name.