On a late winter afternoon, I joined Scott Russo at the Lancaster Sweet Shoppe, where he holds an open space for anyone interested in playing chess on Wednesday evenings from 4-9 p.m. I warm up with a ...

With a tense draw lasting four hours and 45 moves, Magnus Carlsen on Friday began the latest defense of his World Chess Championship title. The Norwegian grandmaster has been No. 1 in the world for a ...

Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the world’s No. 1 chess player, fended off a vicious siege at the hands of U.S. grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, in London Friday. It was the sixth frame of the ...

Brothers Aaron and Abram Burnett are usually the first two to arrive at CPR Chess Club -- the CPR standing for Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, Reading -- which meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays at ...

“I’ve heard that whatever square I start from, and no matter what path I take, I can always make at least 10 moves without landing on a square I’ve already been on,” said the white knight. The black ...