Wilhelm Steinitz was “a fat phlegmatic little man, with a fine forehead and mussed hair and clothes,” according to one newspaper account. He was also the favorite at the inaugural world chess ...

Chess is said to boost math skills and logical thinking, but our favorite game may work best as a tool for teaching geography. With seemingly everyone and their spouse consumed these days with Worldle ...

John Wayne had many talents, besides being a leading man in westerns. One of his talents was being a great chess player. Not only would he use his chess skills to beat his fellow celebrities, but he ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. New York: Fourteen of America's top young chess masters came to New York this week for an elite clinic at the Marshall Chess Club. Four ...

(Bloomberg) -- Since becoming prime minister last year, Rishi Sunak has tried to get Britain to embrace its nerdy side. Next up is a push to get the country’s youth into chess. The British premier ...