Playing black on Monday night's must-win situation against the world girls champion proved catastrophic for Woman Fide Master Ruelle Canino of the Philippines in the ongoing Women's World Chess Cup ...

A pawn race occurs when both sides have passed pawns, and each side rushes to promote their pawn to a Queen. In a pawn race, every tempo (a single move) counts. Again, the king's activity and the ...

Tuesday's pizza break. “ When you see a pawn you should see potential,” Trimble said. “ They are all pawns with potential and power if they make the right choices, and I want them to see that.” If ...

Checkmated by a pawn Sunday night, Woman Fide Master Ruelle Canino of the Philippines plays black tonight, hoping to get even ...

For instance, moving the pawn in front of the queen two squares forward, from D2 to D4, is a popular chess opener. About three-quarters of the players in the study, roughly 110,000 individuals ...

Maine school custodian helps turn chess team into a real-life "Queen's Gambit" 02:21 Hampden, Maine — The students at Weatherbee Elementary School in Hampden, Maine, may seem peaceful enough.

Russia’s chess grandmaster Boris Spassky became a household name in the West during ... Spassky was world champion from 1969 to 1972 and was competent with both the king pawn and the queen pawn ...