In the game of chess, every single move contributes to the overall outcome. All 16 pawns—the queen, knights, bishops and others—provide unique value to a player. The queen is the most powerful piece ...

Now in its 19th year, a Philadelphia chess tournament tries to impart sportsmanship and an ability to focus to students ...

Grand Street in Hoboken was hot with competition when more than 40 chess players of all ages went head-to-head in a tournament Sunday at the Play! Hoboken facility. The competition marked the club’s ...

Junior Jaewon Kim shifted in his seat, staring down at the black and white chess board as he thought hard about what his next move would be. With time running out, he quickly advanced his rook up the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The annual Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon is back in Philadelphia. The organization, After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP), is helping kids make the right move on and off ...

Philip Clarke receives funding from Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research and the National Health and Medical Research Council. An Tran-Duy receives funding ...

Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May against IBM\'s Deep Blue computer ...

Indie game developer and publisher ManaVoid Entertainment, along with BadRez Games, announced Checkmate Showdown over the weekend. The game will bring all of the excitement of a fighting title to the ...

A chess Grandmaster could be slapped with a 15-year ban after being caught using an iPod touch to cheat. Georgian champion Gaioz Nigalidze’s strategy involved rushing to the toilet between moves to ...