As you may have seen earlier, my colleague Joe Weisenthal found a fascinating chess puzzle posted on eminent chess expert Susan Polgar's blog. The problem was solved in a fascinating way. In the ...

One of my favorite things to do for amusement is solve chess problems, wherein the player is given a scenario on the board and then asked how to go about checkmating the other side within X number of ...

It’s no secret that computers can smoke humans at chess. And now, as if to further mock our mere organic forms, scientists say they’ve created a computer made out of DNA that can play the board game — ...

Speaking this morning on "Fox & Friends Weekend," two accomplished chess players shared their enthusiasm for the game of chess — and noted the many ways that kids today can get involved in the game ...

My father grew up playing chess in his native Philippines, where the game is hugely popular. He became fairly skilled, and even won a few tournaments after immigrating to the U.S. Of course he was ...

On a grim New York Monday in November, a small crowd clustered in a dark room with a thick pane of glass at one end. Defending world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Sergey Karjakin sat on ...

University of Nottingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Take a set of chess pieces and throw them all away except for one knight. Place the knight on any one of the 64 ...

The problem first appeared in 1869. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A chess problem that has stumped mathematicians for more than ...

This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which FT readers traditionally perform strongly and in significant numbers. White in the diagram, playing as usual up the board, ...