It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

The game of chess can conjure up its own set of stereotypes. James Medeiros, who struggled with “a lot of horror” as a teenager, doesn’t seem to fit any of them. “I just love this game,” he said, ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces ...

When I was a kid, my dad taught me how certain chess pieces move by having me analyze the shapes of the pieces themselves. The rook, a castle made of horizontal and vertical lines, moves horizontally ...

Chess is one of the most ubiquitous games in the world, and it's easy to get started. All you need is a board and some pieces. There's no need for an app or robotics, and certainly no need for ...

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