It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators ...

Professor and experimental game creator Pippin Barr made the best and worst new version of chess. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

It will come as no surprise that I was a member of the chess club and that I've played "The Game of Kings" for almost six decades. Digital Chess has been a part of my life for almost as long, starting ...

Chess has a reputation for cold logic, but Vladimir Kramnik loves the game for its beauty. “It’s a kind of creation,” he says. His passion for the artistry of minds clashing over the board, trading ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told a ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...