In a historic moment for chess, Gukesh Dommaraju, an 18-year-old prodigy from Chennai, India, has become the youngest world chess champion ever. He won the championship by defeating China's Ding Liren ...

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

As Chandna tests his student’s comprehension, he glances down through clear frame glasses at the array of green and white squares before him. At the beginning of the lesson, he had unsheathed this ...

"Chess is the great equalizer," Principal Salome Thomas-El said. A principal at an economically disadvantaged school has spent more than 30 years teaching his students life lessons through the game of ...

It is well-known that people tend to be overconfident in their abilities. You may overestimate your chances of getting an interview for a job, answering a question correctly, or succeeding at a New ...