That's the central thesis of One Million Chessboards, the brainchild of a single developer where you and hundreds of other players engage in simultaneous games of chess. This is less a mass board ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game.

Last year, my son joined the middle school chess club and began using me, a total novice, as his sparring partner. In chess, a player can choose ... back to the drawing board, so to speak, and ...