Sam Cassidy twirls his red bangs as he contemplates his next move and sets the rook down. “Check.” His opponent, Amera Hemming, reaches out to move her chess piece and freezes her arm above the board ...

Chess is currently in the middle of its third boom in popularity in recent years. The ancient sport had its first popularity boom during COVID lockdowns when many people, including prominent streamers ...

The Rai Sahab Council is organizing the Shri Dhanpat Rai Sachdeva Memorial Classical Chess Festival in May 2026 in Delhi. With a prize fund of ₹27.22 lakh, the event aims to attract top chess talents, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If the deals close, it’s a reunion for Fielder and Stone, who collaborated on Showtime’s The Curse. Fielder is attached to direct, ...

Indie game developer and publisher ManaVoid Entertainment, along with BadRez Games, announced Checkmate Showdown over the weekend. The game will bring all of the excitement of a fighting title to the ...

You may have seen him with his chess set at the Starbucks on Padre Island. His name is Phil Shaw and he loves teaching the art of chess to other people. But, he wasn't always a chess pro. “Mostly ...

BERLIN — Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take the queen to win the match. In front of 1,000 cheering fans one recent Saturday ...

In the game of chess, every single move contributes to the overall outcome. All 16 pawns—the queen, knights, bishops and others—provide unique value to a player. The queen is the most powerful piece ...