Chess was once for nerds - now everybody wants in

An Isle of Wight chess tournament is highlighting the game's growing popularity with young people.

Inside the mind of Hikaru Nakamura, the chess world No 2 whose streaming career comes first

The top U.S. chess player discusses his YouTube channel, how he would change the game and why he doesn't want his son to pursue it ...

War of Chess

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from War of Chess War of Chess is an online 1v1 chess game featuring animated ...
Opinion

Look to chess rankings to see how geopolitical power is shifting

A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I was a schoolgirl and found it so deadly dull and tiresome it was a ...
Education Week

How Playing Chess Can Boost Academic Learning

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

The Life-Saving Power of Chess, With a Side of Plantains

At a Haitian-Dominican cafe in Brooklyn, I found solace, friendship, and a newfound love of the game.