Karatekin also refers back to MIT many times, including referencing Rybka or “little fish” system developed by an MIT alumnus ...

While its appearance differs markedly from modern chess rooks shaped like castle towers, the design aligns perfectly with early Islamic chess pieces where rooks represented horse-drawn chariots.

Whatever your skill level, Really Bad Chess is a modern take on the classic game, where pieces are randomized and not mirrored. With a different board every day, and an Undo button if you get ...

It has infused the 1,500-year-old game with modern video-game sensibilities ... They were playing in the crowded thrill of Club Chess in New York, or trading pieces with a buddy over a gin and ...

This modern hexagonal game takes many of the ideas found in different versions of chess and gives them an insect theme, making each piece a different bug and moving the whole thing to a hexagonal ...

Modern World Chess Championships demand endless memorisation ... radically reimagines the game by randomising the placement of back-rank pieces like the king, queen and bishops, leaving pawns ...