Chess, a board game for two players, begins with sixteen chess pieces that can be moved according to a set of rules in a chess game. The objective of a chess game is to checkmate your opponent’s king.

Chess, a game that can be traced back at least 1,500 years, is suddenly one of the coolest games topping wish lists this holiday season and retailers are struggling to keep it in stock. The game’s ...

The World Chess Championship is heading toward a dramatic conclusion on Wednesday, which could give the U.S. its first champion since Bobby Fischer took the crown in 1972. The players will embark on a ...

As world chess champion Magnus Carlsen defends his title against Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin in this month’s championship in New York, a smartphone app called Play Magnus invites users to test ...

Ethan Klein, of Glen Rock, is the winner in the column's featured game from the 2014 U.S. Chess League quarterfinals. OUR GAME TODAY is from this past season's U.S. Chess League. Ethan Klein, of Glen ...

Chess Puzzles With Answers: Chess is a board game that involves two players, black and white. Each player has an army of 16 chess pieces. The end goal of a chess game is to checkmate the opponent’s ...

In the game of chess, every single move contributes to the overall outcome. All 16 pawns—the queen, knights, bishops and others—provide unique value to a player. The queen is the most powerful piece ...

BERLIN — Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take the queen to win the match. In front of 1,000 cheering fans one recent Saturday ...