Computer company Coracle says that prisoners are improving their mental health by playing chess on their in-cell laptops. The ...

Magnus Carlsen is often viewed as a "chess god," a machine-like entity who grinds down world-class Grandmasters until they crumble. But beneath the 2882 peak Elo rating lies a human being who has ...

The front page of the Deseret News in 1972, as Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship over Boris Spassky. There's nothing like a good chess match to heat up a Cold War. On July 11, 1972, the ...

Curious whether the famous Cow Opening could survive against computer-perfect play, she challenged Chess.com's 3200-rated ...

A Russian grandmaster has been banned from world chess championships for at least a year over his cheating allegations against a series of leading players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky.

McKinney chess grandmaster Andy Woodward, 16, returns to St. Louis to defend his U.S. Junior Championship title after an undefeated run last year.

Watching my father decline with Alzheimer's convinced our family that he was happier — and more himself — living at home with ...

Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and was the 13th world chess champion. I love the World Cup. My earliest childhood memory isn’t of a chessboard but of watching the ...

Alex Deak has been serving frosty treats to the people of Mount Gambier since 1986 and he says he does not intend to give up ...

Aston Villa have quietly had an excellent summer transfer window so far - and do Newcastle deserve more credit for their work ...

He’s hard at work on the upcoming Beat Gems, a gorgeous coffee-table book about the history of drum machines.

Math nerds are Silicon Valley’s latest hot commodity pulling down entry-level pay of half a million dollars - Competition ...