Chess uses six types of pieces: 'Pawn', 'Knight', 'Rook', 'Bishop', 'Queen' and 'King'. The names of pieces in Japan follow the names in English, but in fact, the names of pieces are called by words ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The final two legs of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour will bring the world’s best chess players to Saint Louis to compete in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup ...

The Chess Olympiad was being held in India for the first time. Covid, and then Russia-Ukraine, aided the locational shift to Chennai. An event like this stimulates interest in chess and attracts the ...

You may know that chess is one of the oldest games around, but do you know where it was played, let's say, 250 years ago? There were no chess clubs at that time, but there were plenty of cafes instead ...

The Global Chess League (GCL) made an exciting announcement on Monday, June 5, revealing the six franchises that will be participating in the highly anticipated inaugural edition of the tournament.

India's leading chess coach named the next ‘Viswanathan Anand’ in a massive claim, and it wasn't reigning World Chess Champion and FIDE World No. 3 D Gukesh. Aravindh Chithambaram has become the most ...