White begins the game and moves the Four Pawn two spaces ahead. To a novice player such as I once was, my next move would be to counter with my (Black) pawn to the d5 ...

Chess uses six types of pieces: 'Pawn', 'Knight', 'Rook', 'Bishop', 'Queen' and 'King'. The names of pieces in Japan follow the names in English, but in fact, the names of pieces are called by words ...

The Chess Olympiad was being held in India for the first time. Covid, and then Russia-Ukraine, aided the locational shift to Chennai. An event like this stimulates interest in chess and attracts the ...

You may know that chess is one of the oldest games around, but do you know where it was played, let's say, 250 years ago? There were no chess clubs at that time, but there were plenty of cafes instead ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The final two legs of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour will bring the world’s best chess players to Saint Louis to compete in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup ...

LONDON - World Chess PLC (LSE: CHSS), known for its contributions to the chess community, has declared St. Teresa of Avila as the official Patron Saint of Chess, a move that reconnects the game with a ...

The Global Chess League (GCL) made an exciting announcement on Monday, June 5, revealing the six franchises that will be participating in the highly anticipated inaugural edition of the tournament.