The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...

The Chess.com Rename the Bishop Controversy refers to backlash over a joke posted by the chess.com X / Twitter account in mid ...

Right-wing activists are crying foul and accusing Chess.com of religious persecution. The hysteria was caused by a poll post ...

The chess world erupted over a cheeky joke from Chess.com asking players for “new name ideas” for one of the game’s pieces.

Vladimir Putin is often seen as a master tactician by his admirers, but he faces pressure from all sides as the world waits ...

To casual observers, chess could seem boring. To Ben Foley, chess is an exciting game that can impart many valuable lessons. He says it teaches kids to concentrate, exercise patience, think critically ...

Teaching chess has been pretty much my full time job for the last six years,” explained owner of Chess On The Hill, Trevor Plizga, who moved here at ...

“Chess is perfect, and so engaging for kids,” said Plizga, adding that he felt it was a combination of tactile stimulation in ...

In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...

Can a new Sue Perkins-fronted chess competition whip up some The Queen's Gambit-style excitement about the game?

He's still in pre-school and has been playing the game for just over a year. But he's already done enough to become the ...

On 23 February, the Cyprus Open Chess Championship ended in Nicosia. It was attended by 90 players, 52 of whom were juniors. Chess is becoming more and more popular in Cyprus and its national team is ...