CAPE ELIZABETH – The King of Maine is a kid. For the first time in the 54-year history of the Maine State Chess Championship, the championship plaque went home with someone who has yet to enter ...

"Magnus Carlsen vs. The World" online chess game ends in a draw, with the grandmaster lauding his 143,000 opponents' "very, ...

There were mechanical arms to move the pegs ... Of course, it couldn’t play a full game of chess. The machine always played white with a king and rook in a fixed position.

And then he got up, with both arms raised and a beaming smile ... Dommaraju Gukesh has now got the chess world at his feet, as their new King.

In the chess-centric melodrama "Life of a King," so much more is at stake than winning a board game. Inspired by the true story of Eugene Brown, a Washington ex-con who founded a chess club for at ...

He’s the chess king! A Nigerian chess whiz has been playing the game for more than 58 consecutive hours in Times Square to smash a world record — defeating a lineup of skilled players despite ...

The world chess championship was evenly poised right ... Playing with black, the game was steered into a variation of the King’s Indian Attack: French, Reversed Grünfeld Variation.

On a rainy afternoon at the Rikers Island Jail Complex in New York City this week, five men and one woman wearing tan uniforms sat in front of chess boards ... who used his king to take Mr ...