It may be true that there is nothing new under the sun and that life is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. But a friend recently forwarded to us a tale of a novelty in chess tournament ...

Many strange things have happened across the chess board — even above and below the chess board — involving the game’s elites. Over the years, there have been allegations of grandmasters employing ...

The Grand Tour of Chess began last week in Stavanger, Norway, with the Norway Chess 2015 tournament, the first of three legs in the new super tournament circuit. The Norway event, a 10-player single ...

The stereotype of the chess player is someone who is smart, logical and good at maths. This is why so many parents around the world are keen to get their children playing chess – in the hope that the ...

This week we return to notation to allow readers a better understanding of how the pieces move and capture, how to react when the King is in check and how to bring a chess game to its conclusion. The ...