Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these similarities, they developed a new classification method which can complement ...

Chess has captivated countless individuals since its inception in the 6th century. Today, 1500 years later, it boasts over 600 million regular players worldwide ...

The opening lines of master and grandmaster (top-level) players are often memorized by other players for use in their own games. The researchers considered chess matches of master-level players ...

You probably remember the rules of chess, but what’s actually happening there on the board? How many moves are Grandmasters really thinking ahead? Why do they never actually checkmate the opponent? Is ...