With the popular TV show “The Queen’s Gambit,” many families are newly interested in the ancient game of chess. Recently, I brought my own chess set to a local party where it was a smash hit with the ...

The goal of this project is to establish the relative reasoning capabilities of different large language models through a unique and hopefully unbiased benchmark. Chess puzzles are a very challenging ...

The top U.S. chess player discusses his YouTube channel, how he would change the game and why he doesn't want his son to ...

Chess, a game I first learned from my mother, saved my life during a season of immense transformation, calling for me to be ...

Your Super Bowl 60 illustrated guide on how to play and download your own fun, easy-to-use game template for Patriots vs. Seahawks.

When the Detroit City Chess Club visited a Louisiana town for three days, their intent was to help build a chess program that will last decades.

What began as a casual chess game in the park quickly turned into something far more meaningful. The moment he realized he was facing a grandmaster, the excitement was impossible to hide. The game ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

My journey to becoming a worthy opponent in Crossplay, The Times’s first two-player game. By Deb Amlen I don’t really care who wins or loses a game. I just want to have fun and hang out with my ...

Wendy Harper/MDN Aven Beach, 9, right, watches as Derek Baker, left, makes a move during a Chess Club game at the Minot Public Library on Tuesday, Jan. 20. A chess club at the Minot Public Library is ...

About five or six months ago, Jack Larimer’s son, Jaxon, 9, told his father that he wanted to learn how to play chess. “He wanted to get into it. It was his choice, and we just rolled with it,” said ...