In Pickle Chess, there are 960 different ways the pieces might be arrayed at the start. Meaning that you can’t play from memory, making the game so much easier for neophytes.

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is promoting a new tour with altered rules, sparking criticism from chess's global governing body.

If chess is a long ponderous walk in the hills, a poem, a symphony; bullet chess is a sprint on a craggy pebble beach, a football hooligan chanting, four coffees and no lunch.

Chess is one of the most popular board games in the world, and with good reason. Chess isn't always about winning; it's an art, science, and a sport to continue learning from. Even after an uptick ...

International Chess Federation (FIDE) world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway poses ahead of his Speed Chess Championship semi-final against Hans Niemann of the U.S., in Paris, France, September ...

FIDE said Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion and seven-time world blitz chess champion, breached long-standing regulations for the event. Carlsen, 34, was notified of the breach, issued a ...

Chess Has New Rules and Other Games Should Too. ... (2 min) Illustration: Zohar Lazar. If they’re being honest, chess players will admit that their cherished game can be unbelievably boring.