You may have seen him with his chess set at the Starbucks on Padre Island. His name is Phil Shaw and he loves teaching the art of chess to other people. But, he wasn't always a chess pro. “Mostly ...

At 16, Ahraan Ansari is already the best chess player the Permian Basin has ever seen.

This past weekend was a busy one for Alabama chess as concurrent tournaments were held in Montgomery and Huntsville. Both tournaments are considered marquee events on the end-of- the year weekend ...

Chess is currently in the middle of its third boom in popularity in recent years. The ancient sport had its first popularity boom during COVID lockdowns when many people, including prominent streamers ...

Chess, a game that can be traced back at least 1,500 years, is suddenly one of the coolest games topping wish lists this holiday season and retailers are struggling to keep it in stock. The game’s ...

A chessboard awaits the next round just outside the ring during a chessboxing match in Berlin in 2012 AP Images There’s a boxing ring planted in the middle of a London nightclub. So far, nothing too ...

South Oak Cliff High School is known for excellence on the football field, but there's another activity where students excel...chess. "We're on the football team, we're also on the basketball team," ...

From the 1972 Cold War battle of Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, to the defection of some of the Soviet Union’s greatest players to the West, chess has long been a proxy for international conflict, ...