Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has been the top chess player in the world for many years now and is about as close to a celebrity in the sports as its had in decades. So when he announced that he ...

The Mid Valley High School Chess Team recently won the Lackawanna Chess League’s high school chess tournament championship, marking the team’s second year in the league and its second year undefeated.

The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 players from around the world. The event set a new record for someone ...

The game of chess has long been central to computer science and AI-related research, most notably in IBM’s Deep Blue in the 1990s and, more recently, AlphaZero. But the game is about more than ...

It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators ...