The spike in students’ interest in chess at Renaissance comes as the ancient game is surging in popularity among all ages, including children and teens. Online play is up 238 percent since 2020 ...

If playing against a person is too stressful for you, try to sprinkle the games into your chess life, playing at least one game against a human for every three computer games. Tips for Timers ...

Her mother, Emily Stegner-Schwartz, agreed. “I’d rather she play chess than, what’s that game, Jewel Crusher or Candy Land,” she said, referring to the game Candy Crush.

Chess is one of the most popular board games of all time. Whether you agree or not, it is known as a game for intellectuals, but with some practice and study, anyone can play it—even young kids.

The Queen's Gambit Chess is an odd old bird alright. It was unforgettably introduced by Geoff Keighley as "not just a chess board", because of course it's not like chess is a good game in its own ...

Mr. Montalvo, who started playing chess at 18, said that he became “obsessed” with the game after a friend brought a chess board to school. “He completely destroyed me, I’ve never been so ...

Trash talking, glasses clinking, beer sloshing, cars blaring and game pieces sliding. These are the sounds of Los Angeles’ spectacular chess scene. With games being played everywhere from a ...

At first, I saw the game like a machine, not unlike the Mechanical Turk, that impressive 18th-century hoax of a chess-playing automaton, its parts moving and interacting according to complex yet ...