It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

Chess fans have questions after Hans Niemann's win over world champion Magnus Carlsen. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Caleb Wetherell, who runs Pawnalyze, a chess analysis website, about the outcome.

After accusations of cheating swirled around the game’s top players – is it ever possible to have a fair game of chess? Did a teenager cheat to defeat the chess world champion? This question has ...

My father grew up playing chess in his native Philippines, where the game is hugely popular. He became fairly skilled, and even won a few tournaments after immigrating to the U.S. Of course he was ...

Stockfish is a powerful chess analysis app. Play two-player games on the beautiful chess board, or get instant accurate analysis of any game. Stockfish will tell you who's winning and calculate the ...

Chess, often described as the "game of kings," has evolved significantly since its inception. With the advent of technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), the landscape of chess training ...

The World Chess Championship was already a week old when something stunning happened in Game 6: after nearly eight hours of play last Friday, someone actually won. It was the first time in five years ...