When Bianca Mitchell-Avila was 16 years old, she first had the idea for the documentary that became “Madwomen’s Game.” The ...

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Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann ...

A magnet chess game is being recalled due to a risk of serious injury or death from magnetic ingestion, according to a recall notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Kluster Fun ...

The young chess player reached instinctively toward his threatened king, scanning the board for safe haven — until his instructor stepped in with a question. “If you move your king out of check, what ...

No matter what era we live in, Chess will most likely be a forever game that will last another couple dozen centuries by passing it down through the generations. But as new players come up and the way ...

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Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...

I want to ask you a question: Do you think the choices you make today will have any impact on your future? If we stop to think about it, most of us would say, “Yes, of course.” But we don’t actually ...

It is inevitable that when a game like Balatro rocks up, is really good, and makes a gazillion dollars, that there will be the odd imitator here and there. Sincerity, flattery, yada, yada, yada, point ...

Chess often looks simple at first. A board, a few pieces, and clear rules. But once a game starts, choices grow quickly. Every move opens new paths. Some starting positions feel calm. Others demand ...

Northwest Middle School head chess coach and Meridian High School interim head coach Daniel Roberts knows his way around a chess board. Just ask his wife. “I play enough chess,” Roberts said, “to make ...