“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 ...

On an uncharacteristically warm November evening, a preeminent Harvard statistician sat at a small round table in his office, across from an equally-accomplished colleague in the mathematics ...

While chess is often considered a serious game, it can also be fun and artistic. The World Chess Hall of Fame’s new exhibit, Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets, on view January 30 through ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice. In the summer of 1972, the world's attention was ...

Is there a link between chess and madness? It's a reasonable question, since the game has attracted more than its share of oddballs and troubled souls - some of them extremely troubled. It's also a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Chess Quest: From Pawn to Master “Learn chess from scratch and become a master! Chess Quest is a step-by-step adventure that makes chess fun and accessible ...