The chess world erupted over a cheeky joke from Chess.com asking players for “new name ideas” for one of the game’s pieces.

In Star Trek franchise, there is no dearth of interesting props and the tri-dimensional chess is one such artifact that continues to spark curiosity among the Trekkies.

To casual observers, chess could seem boring. To Ben Foley, chess is an exciting game that can impart many valuable lessons. He says it teaches kids to concentrate, exercise patience, think critically ...

The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...

Donald Trump’s latest peace bid for Ukraine focused on a piece of real estate, the Zaporizhzhia power plant, in his latest ...

This is not the first time that Anish has given the chess maestro ... rook in between the two pieces, in the process opening up a direct passage for his bishop to the white king.

Starting as the second seed, Praggnanandhaa will have his task cut out with the white pieces against Navara ... is his ability to play dynamic chess at the highest level when the opportunity ...

Fischer Random, or Freestyle Chess, as packaged in its latest glitzy ... Fischer Random, where starting positions of the back rank pieces are randomised to minimise opening theory, has seen ...

where pieces of the world can be traded, threatened and swapped at will – in the Trump playbook for world leadership. In his phone call with the White House on Tuesday, the Russian leader ...