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 original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...
If you've been meaning to learn how to play chess, or if you want a fun way to practice, GoChess might just be your best bet. Chess is having something of a renaissance at the moment, with many new ...
When you start feeling strongly about chess, sooner or later, you develop a style, the same way writers develop a voice, writes Vidya Krishnan. On a splendid November afternoon in Goa, I watched ...
The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities ...