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 ...

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, ...

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I am merely one episode into The Queen’s Gambit, which means I’m six episodes behind the rest of the world, but even one episode was enough to make a solid case that chess is cool, actually. It is a ...

Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...

Learn how to play chess properly with this beginner's guide. This video covers chess basics, including the chessboard setup, how the pieces move, and key concepts such as attack, defense, and vision.

Duolingo is broadening its horizons, adding a chess course to its educational repertoire. The language-learning app, known for its feisty owl mascot, launched an initial version of a chess course for ...

Mariangel Vargas joined her school's chess club after she and her family arrived to the U.S. from Colombia. A young girl went from having never played chess to becoming a champion of the game in less ...

Duolingo is a popular language learning app with 103.6 million monthly active users. The company announced on Tuesday that it is testing a new chess course. Duolingo plans to roll out the chess course ...

“If your pawn game is good, you can do so much.” So teaches Edward Trimble during an afterschool program he runs through his nonprofit S.P.O.R.T. Academy, which brought together dozens of young ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Chess can be sexy. Anya Taylor-Joy in the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit taught me that. Chess can also be evil and stupid. A viral (and ...

Some children who escaped the Taliban regime in Afghanistan are now learning to play chess to help them adjust to life in Raleigh. Stough Elementary School in Raleigh has been the educational home for ...