Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

Photographed against the Kansas City skyline, David Pentimone designed his own chess set based on the New York City skyline. A few years ago, he began working on a Kansas City-inspired set. From clubs ...

Check out the latest trailer for the 40-player real-time chess battle royale game Chess Arena, as the game will launch a ...

Alex Botez’s new game Chess Arena has dropped its first trailer, with closed playtests now live for players who sign up.

Co-founder and CEO Erik Allebest shares the moves that helped the company come out on top—and where it goes from here.

It’s game on for the Broadway revival of Chess, starring Tony winner Aaron Tveit as hotheaded American champion Freddie Trumper, Lea Michele as Florence ...

Developers of the blockchain chess game Immortal Game are pulling the plug on its play-to-earn (P2E) and nonfungible token (NFT) features due to rampant cheating. According to the Dec. 13 announcement ...

Kyler Murray considered his lost pawn and strategized his next move. But before Murray advanced his queen, Cleveland Browns receiver Amari Cooper extended a hand across the chessboard. “You won,” ...

The sounds of a late-night game around New York City. People gather in Union Square to play chess.Credit...Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times Supported by By Julia Carmel Chess can be a nearly ...