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

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

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"Hola, ajedrez" means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to learn Spanish on Duolingo. And you'll be able to learn and practice chess on the language learning app soon. Duolingo ...

I never understood the benefits of chess because I never learned to play the game. As a kid I would watch the adults play the game and sit for hours methodically choosing their moves. In fact, I ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces ...

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The list of those who didn’t binge Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” late last year is a lot shorter than those who did. And to make sure its leading lady, Anya Taylor-Joy, was believable as a chess ...

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