It’s fast, but perhaps not as fast as you were expecting, right? But it makes sense: sure, a knight moves three places for every one the king clears, but it does have to move in a prescribed ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) In the opener, he converted a precarious position where his queen and pawn outmanoeuvred Nepo’s rook pair. Carlsen followed ...

During the World Rapid Chess Championship a few days earlier Carlsen had withdrawn from the Rapid and upcoming Blitz Tournaments. It was ostensibly about the tournament rules not allowing jeans ...

Considering its formalization in medieval Europe, chess has some unexpected quirks. The pieces are named for positions in the royal court, but the most powerful piece – and the most valuable ...