CLASSIC chess books inspire imitators. The 2004 versions range from worthy successors to impostors. There have been many imitations of “Logical Chess Move by Move,” in which Irving Chernev analyzed ...

WILTON—For almost a year the Wilton Public Library has hosted a twice-monthly chess club. Assistant librarian Rachel Conner started the club in January 2016 because of her children’s interest in the ...

Despite the obvious problems with trying to play a graphical text adventure in Japanese, I attempted the Ace Attorney Investigations 2 TGS demo. I was able to glean at least the premise and highlights ...

NORMAL — Nowadays it’s easy to slide a chess board into your pocket and “play anywhere, any time” so J.W. Black is never far from the action. “Chess is just a game that’s always there for you,” said 9 ...

The competition commenced in silence. Rows of checkered game boards were sprawled out on long tables in the Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented gym. Opponents quietly planned their ...

Chess is not necessarily a game reserved for people with IQ scores on par with Einstein. In fact, chess strategy may rely more heavily on spatial processing than on logic and computational skills.

The Queen is the most powerful piece in chess. But one of the UK’s most well-known grandmasters has angered women by saying they aren’t smart enough to play the game. Nigel Short, 49, said women were ...

One board is way too easy. Play like Kirk and Spock and unfold your game across seven boards, four of which are movable. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is ...