How the game of chess became cool

Zelko Odorcic, 73, is a celebrity at Knightcap Chess Club. When he walks into Soho House Toronto one Friday night in August, ...
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FIDE Backs Shorter Classical Chess Games—But Draws Line At Three Rounds A Day

The world governing body is preparing to relax classical chess time controls after a General Assembly vote, but disagreements ...
Wired

The Game of Chess Had Patch Notes, Too

The classic one-on-one strategy game of chess has, fundamentally, remained unchanged for as long as anyone reading this has been alive. You and your opponent each command an army of pieces and take ...
DAZN

Magnus Carlsen stunned by chess influencer behind 'Alien Gambit' in shock online defeat

Magnus Carlsen suffers a shock defeat to chess influencer Witty Alien after a costly blunder. Find out how the Bulgarian ...
International Chess Federation

6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners kicks off with record 140 teams

The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners kicked off on October 13, bringing together incarcerated ...
The Conversation

Chess is taking over the online video game world – and both are changing from this unlikely pairing

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...