A new study reveals that medieval chess was a powerful vehicle for promoting racial harmony. While contemporary medieval art often depicted non-white individuals in extreme roles, representations of ...

Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial ...

ChessMasters returns to Lagos with 750 students, N10 million prize money and renewed focus on critical thinking and youth ...

While beating an AI at a board game may seem relatively trivial, it can help us identify failure modes of the AI, or ways in ...

Long lines and flight delays are plaguing airports around the country as spring break ramps up, sparking concerns that the ...

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as ...

Chess is becoming a popular activity at Holy Savior Catholic Academy in Wichita. Every Tuesday at 10 a.m., the Masters and ...

I play chess online every single day—not to jinx myself, but my current streak is 279 days on Chess.com. If I had to name one thing I do specifically to keep my brain sharp, this would be it: I track ...

Bo Jackson joins His & Hers to share the story of when he ran the 40-yard dash at the 1986 NFL combine. Jackson says that he ran it in 4.13 seconds, not the previously recorded 4.12 time.

Several chess players, including India's Nihal Sarin and Arjun Erigaisi along with world number one Magnus Carlsen, have ...

Chess Grandmaster Lázaro Bruzón has once again criticized the Cuban political system established in 1959, holding it accountable for the country's "collapse" and questioning the relevance of socialism ...