Online Chess Kingdoms is predictably unsuccessful in its attempts to enhance the timeless classic, but thankfully it does let you play classic chess online or off. The game of chess dates back to ...

The pandemic has reduced most professional sports to shadows of their former selves. But it's done wonders for one game, maybe the last one you'd ever guess: chess. "A boom is taking place in chess ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of people’s interests online, whether that’s playing Dungeons & Dragons over Zoom or taking virtual workout classes. But at least one of these interests, online ...

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 ...

Fabiano Caruana is the top-rated American chess player and No. 2 in the world. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) Fabiano Caruana was in a bit of a hurry. The top-rated American chess player ...

On 26 November 1844, two chess teams faced off while separated by 60 kilometers, as the Washington Chess Club played a team ...

Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, and YouTuber. Nakamura has won many tournaments, represented the ...

Online chess content, playing, and streaming has surged during quarantine, according to YouTube and several analytics firms. Players who spoke to Insider say the digital pastime has been a welcome ...

An online chess player in Italy asked for prayers as his nation ramped up its response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that at the time of our March 22 conversation had killed almost 5,000 of ...

The coronavirus pandemic won’t be remembered fondly around the world. But for some chess players, it has a silver lining. Last week, 124 players with severe physical disabilities from 24 countries ...

In July, the American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky played a speed chess game against the Swedish chess master and popular ...