When two of the most advanced AI models lost to a 1979 chess game, it exposed how sounding smart isn’t the same as actually thinking.

Koneru Humpy was one game away from losing semi-finals to China's Lei Tingjie. The 38-year-old needed to win on demand. She ...

Jaipur: World Chess Day, celebrated annually on July 20, commemorates the founding of the Fédération Internationale des ...

The twist: The tour randomizes the starting positions of the chess board’s most important pieces, so each game begins with the queen, rooks and knights in a jumble. Players have to adapt on the fly.

Everyone knows chess is a world-famous indoor game that requires lots of thinking and critical skills. It is a game of ...

Netflix’s chess-focused miniseries, “The Queen’s Gambit,” further fueled interest when it was released in 2020. Since then, numerous events have sparked new interest in the game.

This year, FIDE launched the Year of Social Chess, an initiative dedicated to using the game as a tool for inclusion, education, empowerment, and mental well-being. The theme for International Chess ...

When you need a couple of on-camera ambassadors for the game of chess, you won’t do better than the Botez sisters.Alexandra, 29, and Andrea, 23, have been playing since they were barely out of ...

Some AI will even attempt to cheat their way out of losing in games of chess. This poor sportsmanship is documented in a preprint study from Palisade Research , an organization focused on risk ...

Duolingo is testing a new chess course with a “limited number of learners” and will continue to roll it out on iOS in English in the “coming weeks.” ...

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

The event shattered the records for participation in a online chess game, passing the previous record of 70,000 set for the ‘Vishy vs. The World’ last year. When ‘Magnus vs.