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Chess is played between two opposing armies, black and white. The ultimate goal of the game is to check or checkmate the other King. It happens when the King gets locked in a position to be ...

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 ...

If you've ever been to the Starbucks on Padre Island, you may have seen Phil Shaw, also known as "the Island Chess Man." In ...

On Wednesday morning, over 70 Marshalltown fourth grade students from across all six of the district’s elementary schools ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Checkmate! My Shogi Club President can't be this Cute! Have you ever wanted to learn how to play shogi (Japanese chess), but found the pieces intimidating?

Or maybe you attempted to play chess and realized ... your pieces to take your opponent's black pieces, and eventually checkmate their king. Don't let them put your king into checkmate.

Ian Flood shares how a late-night chess game with his then-flatmate and fellow architect Chris Prosser sparked the idea to ...

About 50 elementary school students strategized in order to yell out “checkmate” in the chess championship at Sargent ...

Chess is a game of skill, patience, and tact. So it’s no surprise that when it comes to the production of some of the world’s most exclusive and luxurious chess tables, those same principles ...