e4 (King's Pawn Opening) tends to start the game with a bang, leading to positions with pieces flying out fast and furious ...

They should have some idea about responding to 1.e4 and 1.d4, two of the most common opening choices for Black. Simultaneously, having a fair bit of ideas the same as White is also essential.

"And these clusters don't necessarily coincide with the common classification of chess openings," says De Marzo. For example, certain opening games from different classes were played repeatedly by ...

If you are into chess, Saturday is the day for you, as the 2025 Rochester Chess Open marked it's second day at the Mayo Civic Center with chess masters coming from around the Midwest.

The most common mistake in chess is the neglect of piece development in the opening. It can happen when a player goes for material gain at the expense of speedy deployment of his forces. This nice ...

Aleksandar Matanovic, a Serbian grandmaster who co-founded Chess Informant, a publishing company that revolutionized how players learned and studied the game, died on Aug. 9 in Belgrade, Serbia.

In one Chess.com exhibition, he opened a new account, played every game with the Bongcloud Opening—a dubious second-move king advancement dubbed an “insult to chess”—and reached the site ...