Norway has challenged the entire world to a game of chess on the Internet Chess Club in a stunt organised by the Aftenposten newspaper to mark Magnus Carlsen's world championship bid. In the game, ...

Chess is one of the most popular board games in the world, and has a long history which is intertwined with computer science and the Internet. Man-machine matches continue to capture the imagination ...

Alexandra Botez was sitting in her apartment on a recent Friday in front of three computer monitors, a webcam and a microphone — and losing at chess. "This is not looking good, but this guy is not ...

Chess is taking over schools, nightclubs, and the internet. And it's never been more toxic.

Nihal Sarin has played tens of thousands of speed chess games online, won multiple speed chess tournaments, pocketed prize money worth lakhs and has shown he can match any player in the world, move ...