Chess has a reputation for cold logic, but Vladimir Kramnik loves the game for its beauty. “It’s a kind of creation,” he says. His passion for the artistry of minds clashing over the board, trading ...

If you are feeling the urge to play chess with all the buzz about the 2024 FIDE World Championships underway or looking to upgrade your current chef sent to something a little different. You might be ...

In the game of chess, every single move contributes to the overall outcome. All 16 pawns—the queen, knights, bishops and others—provide unique value to a player. The queen is the most powerful piece ...

It is not prestige but purpose, the actual distinction between tournament and home chess sets. Tournament equipment is ...

New research using chess960 shows that changing the starting layout can rebalance chess and alter how difficult early ...

The main challenge in developing SenseRobot Chess was the recognition and manipulation of chess pieces that are of different shapes and sizes. To overcome this challenge, SenseRobot developed an ...

Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess set, he sees ...

THOMASVILLE, Pa. — York County native Tim Myers grew up playing chess with his dad and fixing up farm equipment. Now, he's combined these two passions by creating chess pieces out of scrap metal, ...