The officially sanctioned Soviet chess “king” and “queen” are pieces carved to represent a working man and a peasant woman. The “pawns” bear the insignia of “Pionerki”: a political ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

Should we modernize chess king and queen to move beyond their entrenched symbols of monarchy, and bring back gender-neutral terminology and designs? Can we fully acknowledge the global history of ...

Maybe you were one of the many people who began playing chess because you watched The Queen’s Gambit during ... and eventually checkmate their king. Don't let them put your king into checkmate.

D Gukesh will need to beat Fabiano Caruana in game 2 of the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour to stay alive in ...