chess

Meet the World’s Foremost ‘Chess Detective’

By Christopher Beam

Magnus Carlsen Wins World Chess Championship

By George Steer

America Competing for Chess Title After 4 Decades

By Sean Gregory

Female Chess Players Are Furious They Will Have to Wear Hijab to Play in Iran

By Suyin Haynes
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Here's How to Play the Secret Game Hidden in Facebook

There's a new game to play besides chess

By Victor Luckerson March 18, 2016

Female Chess Legend Hits Back at Sexism

“It’s not a matter of gender, it’s a matter of being smart,” Judit Polgar says

By Noah Rayman April 20, 2015

Chess Master Says Knights More Intelligent Than Queens

"Rather than fretting about inequality, perhaps we should just gracefully accept it as a fact”

By Noah Rayman April 20, 2015

Did Deep Blue Beat Kasparov Because of a System Glitch?

Feb. 17, 1996: Chess champion Garry Kasparov beats the IBM supercomputer “Deep Blue,” winning a six-game chess match

By Jennifer Latson February 17, 2015

World Chess Championship Begins in Sochi

The first back-to-back rematch since 1990 takes place in Sochi nine months after the Winter Olympics

By Nolan Feeney November 9, 2014

It's a War, Stupid!

This vocabulary of cowardice emanating from Berlin and Washington is as disgraceful as the black-is-white propaganda produced by Putin’s regime, and even more dangerous

By Garry Kasparov August 30, 2014

Check Out This Awesome Levitation Machine

For all your floating chess match, pillow & brick, Millenium Falcon needs

By Denver Nicks June 6, 2014
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