NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice. In the summer of 1972, the world's attention was ...

Would Caruana see “21. c5!”? The chess world waited on the edges of their seats. If he did, Carlsen would not be able to capture the pawn right away, as that would leave his knight undefended ...

Dutch/Indonesian developers Xing Interactive are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of their 3D Chess game "Xing Chess". Apart from being presented in crisp 3D the game boasts difficulty ...

Project Pawn helps public school students find themselves through chess Since 2013, the Bronx-based youth chess club, Project Pawn, has helped thousands of students in public schools find ...

Is she a pawn or a queen and is this really how chess players should be judged? The World Chess Beauty Contest ranks a 16-year-old Australian as the world's most beautiful woman in the game.

Inspired by a CGI transforming chess piece designed by [Polyfjord], [Works By Design] wanted to make a pawn that could transform itself exist in the real world. What started as a chonky setup with ...

In “Pawn Sacrifice,” Maguire has a tougher nut to crack: Bobby Fischer, the chess champ who became a deranged recluse advocating “Death to America” and the deportation of all white ...

Q: Can White win this position, with White’s turn to play? With only a King and a Pawn for White and a lone King for Black on the board, you might think there isn’t much you can do..

The new franchise-based Global Chess League (GCL ... his queen for a stalemate draw but Carlsen instead promoted a pawn to a knight, giving check and leading to a won endgame.