With all the pieces visible to both players and all the rules much pretty set in concrete, it’s hard to think of a good April ...

The lesson this week is that as powerful as the queen is, she still must be guarded, because in chess assassins lurk in the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world No1, made a cameo appearance via video in last Monday’s third episode of BBC2’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, challenging contestants to memorise a position from a “special” ...

GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana met again at the just-concluded 2025 American Cup, extending what is likely the most ...

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The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...

Bobby Fischer sparked American chess interest; today, the Saint Louis Chess Club hosts top U.S. players in a significant tournament.

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In a sport like chess, where teenage prodigies emerge every week ... they can promote into one of the more valued pieces like a rook or a queen. Story continues below this ad That’s where Aravindh’s ...