Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The white-moves-first rule became standard in the late 1800s. Nupat Arjkla / EyeEm / Getty Images Johann Löwenthal, a British ...

Vaughn Bennett could be the only chess activist on the planet. Last weekend, members of the Metropolitan Police Department hauled Bennett away from a downtown chess tournament in handcuffs. Bennett ...

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 ...

The white-moves-first rule became standard in the late 1800s. Nupat Arjkla / EyeEm / Getty Images Daaim Shabazz, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University The recent protests over racism have ...

The recent protests over racism have rekindled a longstanding discussion about whether chess promotes white privilege with its rule that the first move always goes to the player with the white pieces.

Why does white always goes first in chess? Daaim Shabazz Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from ...