On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed into the center. But their opponents were not across the table, or even ...

The Wild also got a 5-on-5 goal that went in off Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen and forced overtime with Marcus Foligno 's 5 ...

Known for her stunning vocals and commanding presence, Chess star Hannah Cruz opens up about stepping into this iconic score, ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

What looked like a normal chess game suddenly swung on a single decision. One move changed the balance, opened the position, and left the rest of the game feeling almost inevitable. That is what makes ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

Improving at chess isn’t just about memorizing moves — it’s about building a complete skill set across openings, middlegames, and endgames. Club players can make big rating jumps by learning practical ...

The modern era of cheating in chess began on a Thursday in July 1993, when a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks walked into the World Open tournament in Philadelphia and registered as John von ...

Chess Mates,' from the Netflix Untold series, digs a little deeper into the chess cheating scandal that created headlines around the world ...

Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann improbably beat Carlsen, leading Carlsen to imply that Niemann had ...

There's a power to video game quotes that can't be quantified. A combat bark can be immortalized as a meme. A monologue can land with the force of a thousand meteors, knowing the journey you've had to ...