Chess is more than just a game; it’s a powerful brain-developing activity that sharpens a child’s mind and builds essential ...

Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

Kyler Murray considered his lost pawn and strategized his next move. But before Murray advanced his queen, Cleveland Browns receiver Amari Cooper extended a hand across the chessboard. “You won,” ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

Jack Pursey is an Evergreen Editor from England who began working at Game Rant as a List Writer in August 2020. Jack enjoys games from a wide range of genres but has a soft spot for puzzle and ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

McCaffrey is the game guy in the 49ers' locker room. The problem is that he's so good, no one wants to play him anymore.

GenChess lets you design the pieces with AI then play the board It uses the Imagen 3 image-generation engine from Google Gemini GenChess is free to play and you can redesign the pieces as many times ...

Chess has always been a part of Henry Lien’s life. He’s played it since he was 5 years old or so, his tiny hands just big enough to hold the pieces. He grew up in a part of the Bay Area, Marin, which ...

A local board game maker has gained support from around the world after creating a new game out of an old classic.