Bodhana Sivanandan started playing chess when she came across a board during the COVID pandemic ...

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Chess has long been an important part of school culture. Many people believe chess has a range of cognitive benefits including improved memory, IQ, problem solving skills and concentration. But there ...

Since 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion and chess legend Garry Kasparov in a six-game match, chess players have accepted that machines are stronger at chess. We have taken some comfort ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of people’s interests online, whether that’s playing Dungeons & Dragons over Zoom or taking virtual workout classes. But at least one of these interests, online ...

An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th ...

From the age of seven, I played chess constantly and competitively. I played in school, online, at national competitions. Chess taught me patience, perseverance, critical thinking — crucial skills for ...

Chess has surged in popularity in recent years, and in my opinion, there is a huge crossover between chess and business. The game offers entrepreneurs powerful, non-obvious benefits — especially in ...

Strange things happen in Hamburg all the time. On the second weekend in January, at the Brahms-Kontor building — an Art Deco marvel in the city centre — Germany’s highest level of competitive team ...

At one of Kolkata's busiest intersections, the city never really slows down. Yet beneath the Gariahat flyover, chess players ...

Alexandra Botez brings in over $100,000 a year as a professional chess streamer in Austin, Texas. Along with her sister, Andrea, the 25-year-old creates and streams chess content on Twitch. "By the ...

Chess.com users reported problems launching games and maintaining connections on Wednesday, according to Downdetector, although the scale and cause of the disruption remained unclear.