And still the King’s Gambit lives on. The ultimate Romantic opening is a rare visitor to top-level chess these days, but it still has its champions — and it still retains its sting.

So, it's easy to imagine those hunched over a laptop/PC would be good at hunching over a chess board. AM: Think a bit more medieval - the aim is to capture the King, for he holds the keys to the ...

As the highest-rated player and club president, Cambareri is hailed as the chess “king.” When Cambareri began playing chess, for him, it was just “one of those board games.” But it’s ...

There's only one king on that table, everyone knows who that is. He makes a move on the board, looks around, walks around, and comes back to doing what he does best - move a chess piece.

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

Castling is a magic move in Chess where 2 pieces, the King and the Rook, move at the same time. The Rook gets developed towards the centre and the King finds a safe haven behind its own pawns on ...

At only 18 years old, Gukesh has become the youngest chess world champion ever ... and gratitude can help anyone achieve greatness. He’s a true king of steel!

Chess is one of the most popular board games ... because they look fantastic without breaking the bank. They capture the light beautifully, and the common clear and frosted distinction used ...

"The rain, the clouds, the lack of sun - I feel at home here," Nikita Vitiugov says. London, the chess grandmaster remarks, feels similar to St Petersburg, in terms of the weather, at least.