Erling Haaland, Victor Wembanyama and Carlos Alcaraz all have one thing in common: a shared passion for the ancient game of chess. Just this week Haaland invested in a new global chess tour, with the ...

Children from New York schools are consistently winning national chess championships, and programs dedicated to teaching ...

Online matches are gaining popularity, but chess club is all about the thrill of good old-fashioned board play. On a Wednesday night in July, chess boards and timers crowd tables at Ladybird Grove & ...

In a world filled with sketchy stratagems and bad moves in every direction, the grandmasters of chess stand apart. There are fewer than 2,000 grandmasters worldwide. They play the “royal game” at the ...

The erstwhile chess world champion broke earnings records for the game ...

On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People play chess all over the world, but can the game actually make you smarter? Every Christmas, my family follows the same ...