Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Chess is one of the most popular board games of all time. Whether ...

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 ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

Board games are not just fun ways to pass the time with friends and family. To play a board game, one must flash their competitive spirit and think strategically while maintaining the balance of ...

Like many others, I started playing chess consistently in 2020. My dad and I had played a few times before then, but it wasn’t until I was looking for a way to pass the time during the beginning of ...

I grew up in a chess-playing household. My father put his woodworking skills to good use and built a chess table for us to play on, we purchased multiple collectors' sets online, and we even equipped ...

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 ...

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 ...