As you may have seen earlier, my colleague Joe Weisenthal found a fascinating chess puzzle posted on eminent chess expert Susan Polgar's blog. The problem was solved in a fascinating way. In the ...

The problem first appeared in 1869. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A chess problem that has stumped mathematicians for more than ...

If you have a few chess sets at home, try the following exercise: Arrange eight queens on a board so that none of them are attacking each other. If you succeed once, can you find a second arrangement?

Speaking this morning on "Fox & Friends Weekend," two accomplished chess players shared their enthusiasm for the game of chess — and noted the many ways that kids today can get involved in the game ...

"Eight Queen" was a puzzle proposed by Chess player Max Betzel in 1848. On the chess board of 8 × 8 square, 8 pieces of Queen / Queen which can go anywhere in the vertical and horizontal directions ...

My father grew up playing chess in his native Philippines, where the game is hugely popular. He became fairly skilled, and even won a few tournaments after immigrating to the U.S. Of course he was ...