Billionaire Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, thinks that chess is dumb. Why? Because of space lasers, apparently. In an X-formerly-Twitter post yesterday, the SpaceX CEO railed against the ...

Given that I am vertically challenged (5 feet, 4 7/8 inches), my interest in basketball has always been more about the players’ skills and elegance than ever hoping to be anything more than a towel ...

Bodhana Sivanandan's rise is unlike anything her country has ever seen. Bodhana Sivanandan settled into her chair as she prepared for her first match of the Cambridge International Open, a high-level ...

In a world filled with sketchy stratagems and bad moves in every direction, the grandmasters of chess stand apart. There are fewer than 2,000 grandmasters worldwide. They play the “royal game” at the ...

As a successful serial entrepreneur, I get asked a lot of questions. But one question I don’t get asked enough is, “How can I teach my son or daughter to be a successful entrepreneur?” My answer would ...

Right-wing activists are crying foul and accusing Chess.com of religious persecution. The hysteria was caused by a poll post ...

LAS VEGAS — Standing before NBA peers and grandmasters, dozens of hoop heads and chess enthusiasts, Derrick Rose’s words passed through his throat like 30-pound dumbbells. He addressed a crowd he wasn ...

On a table in front of you is a chessboard, its pieces frozen midway through a game. It's white's turn to play. How long would it take you to find white's best move? Not a good move or even a great ...

An 8-year-old recently beat a 37-year-old grandmaster. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with ChessKid.com's Mike Klein about the new generation of whiz kids. So when I was 8 years old, I'm pretty sure my ...

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, ...