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 ...

Chess is currently in the middle of its third boom in popularity in recent years. The ancient sport had its first popularity boom during COVID lockdowns when many people, including prominent streamers ...

During a blitz round of the European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship, a player quickly gained a huge advantage against a strong Ukrainian Woman International Master and even won an extra piece early ...

The 2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the competition's youngest players. Kayden Troff is the current under-14 World ...

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 37 moves. The victory marked a turning point for humans and machines.

On January 27, 2026, 19-year-old chess player, Jacorey Bynum, bested the number one-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, in a blitz game hosted on "Take Take Take," a new chess-focused ...

One of my favorite things to do for amusement is solve chess problems, wherein the player is given a scenario on the board and then asked how to go about checkmating the other side within X number of ...