Did Chess.com expose a bug, or just en passant confusion? A viral post jokingly claimed pawns were cheating, but the truth traces back to a centuries-old rule. We sat down with Sydney Strauss ( ...

Discover seven luxury chess sets that double as stunning home décor. Elevate your space with style and strategy, from ...

Chess Kenya Secretary General John Mukabi (9th from right) with Sports Journalists Association of Kenya members during a chess media workshop in Nairobi on June 21, 2025. [PHOTO: CK/ SJAK] Sports ...

This set brings the classic game of chess to life with 32 colorful, brick-built playing pieces, each designed to represent pirates, Bluecoats, and their respective chess roles.

He’s implemented that method through private coaching sessions, seminars, and parent-teacher workshops, teaching diverse communities of all ages. Hudson also hosts an annual summer chess camp to ...

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?

A former chess coach found out the hard way about the Taliban enforcing its ban on chess. Ahmad Sami Hassanzadeh, 44, was in a park, playing chess in the western city of Herat with friends when they ...

Chess in Afghanistan isn't madly followed like cricket or the national game — buzkashi — a polo-like sport, except the jockeys have whips and they have to dash across a field holding the carcass of a ...