The death of Daniel Naroditsky exposed the conflicts between the game’s traditional wing and its many online stars.

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...

Chess has recently been enjoying a spike in popularity. This is predominantly thanks to the Netflix series Queen's Gambit, as well as the rise of chess streamers and chess competitions on Twitch that ...

Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

Trending in 2023 is one of the world’s oldest games played on a 17-year-old website: Chess.com. The site, which lets people take lessons, solve puzzles, and match up against computers or other players ...

New research using chess960 shows that changing the starting layout can rebalance chess and alter how difficult early ...