The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical politics. About a dozen chess players and observers gathered on the patio ...

Her opponent, crowded by other school students watching intently, responded immediately by pushing her piece and taking an ...

The first online chess game occurred over telegraph lines in 1844 Telegraph hardware was simple yet required constant monitoring for accuracy Grandmasters later used teletype and online platforms to ...

It was the fist slam heard 'round the chess world. Two of the titans of chess — one, the up-and-coming champion versus arguably the greatest player of all time — squared off over the weekend in a game ...

TheFIDE Women’s Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities.

Thiel co-founded software company Confinity with Max Levchin and Luke Nosek. The company would later merge with Elon Musk's X.com and become PayPal. Prior to the company's merger and eventual IPO ...