chess has some unexpected quirks. The pieces are named for positions in the royal court, but the most powerful piece – and the most valuable – is not the king, but the queen. A knight and a ...

Many chess pieces ... as a Knight, has manoeuvred himself to the edge of the board as a forced sacrifice to the White Queen, since he has checked the White King. After Ron's sacrifice, Harry ...

In freestyle chess, the bishops, knights, rooks, queen and king are randomly shuffled around the board while the pawns remain in their usual spots. The format is popular because it allows players to ...

Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Gukesh D in their highly-anticipated first classical face-off since the 18-year-old Indian ...