On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon is a Middle Persian text concerned with the earliest story of the invention and rules of the games of chess and backgammon in the sixth century CE, during ...

Desmond Beattie, Chair of the Irish Chess Union, asked the told Moncrieff Show: 'why isn't chess considered a sport universally?' ...

Did you sit before a wooden board thinking about the origin of such a brilliant game as chess? Before it conquered the world ...

Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, was introduced by legend Bobby Fischer in 1996, and it has always been a mystery among fans and players. It is a type of chess variant that randomises the ...