In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially holding its ground for an entire match — or ...

With a tense draw lasting four hours and 45 moves, Magnus Carlsen on Friday began the latest defense of his World Chess Championship title. The Norwegian grandmaster has been No. 1 in the world for a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Over 900 students, kindergarten through 12th grade, convened at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday for the Chess for Success 50th Annual State Chess Tournament. In an ...

The rook in question certainly wasn't the first chess piece ever created, but it may be the oldest found to date. John Peter Oleson Almost 30 years after its discovery, a small sandstone figurine ...

This past fall, the world championship match in Bonn, Germany, wasn’t the only thing stirring up chess enthusiasts. ChessBase 10, a beefier new version of the massive database program that is the ...

Perrysburg, OH –Next Wave Automation continues to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of its “CNC Shark” by using it to build a unique chess set. The company is offering free instructions and VCarve files ...

When it comes to the chessboard, Midwood fifth-grader Vaughn Soso has all the right moves. The 10-year-old took a top prize at the SuperNationals chess tournament last month in Nashville, Tenn., ...

Chess is making a comeback as one of the hottest activities sweeping high schools and the internet. The wave of interest was fueled at the start of the pandemic by new faces, influencers and culture ...

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