You may have seen him with his chess set at the Starbucks on Padre Island. His name is Phil Shaw and he loves teaching the art of chess to other people. But, he wasn't always a chess pro. “Mostly ...

Last month, Magnus Carlsen won both the World Chess Championship in Rapid and Blitz time controls. Rapid time control is game ...

Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder are entering the world of chess with A24 for their next project. According to the Hollywood Reporter, A24 won the rights to Checkmate, a feature package based on a book ...

Junior Jaewon Kim shifted in his seat, staring down at the black and white chess board as he thought hard about what his next move would be. With time running out, he quickly advanced his rook up the ...

Indie game developer and publisher ManaVoid Entertainment, along with BadRez Games, announced Checkmate Showdown over the weekend. The game will bring all of the excitement of a fighting title to the ...

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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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The annual Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon is back in Philadelphia. The organization, After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP), is helping kids make the right move on and off ...

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 ...

In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp claimed to no longer be making art, and began to devote considerable time to chess. He’d grown up battling with his older brothers, Raymond and Jacques, and in his later ...