To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

At the United States Chess Championship, I entered a world of chess as serious business. For one thing, I was wanded by a security guard on my way up to the competition. (To prevent cheating, cell ...

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local chess program is winning big and making a significant impact on its players. Charles Cooper is a social studies teacher at Allen Village. When he started in 1978, he noticed ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Across cultures and generations, the game of chess is a universal language. “Chess is a fight. We are warriors of the mind,” said Pierre, a 60-year-old chess player. “My ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Laffeyette Smith’s tattooed hands reached across a chess board as he moved his king while his opponent, Jamar Holmes, groaned as he realized he had made a ...