Despite the endgame being where many chess games are won or lost, many beginners overlook learning the phase, opting instead to study more glamorous aspects of chess, such as tactics, checkmating ...

Blame The Queen’s Gambit. The show was so riveting, and made chess look so cool, that I couldn’t resist making an account on chess.com and cautiously dipping a toe into the world’s most intimidating ...

An International Chess Federation (FIDE) licensed Chess in School Instructor Olawale Oyeleye, has authored a book titled Every Beginner’s Chess Book” with 215 Puzzles. The book which has been unveiled ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

He sacrificed his grandmaster dreams to become one of the game’s most popular personalities. Levy RozmanCredit...Chris Buck for The New York Times Supported by By Reid Forgrave “Ladies and gentlemen!” ...

Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...