Chess can intimidate the novice with its complexities but it's basically a very accessible sport. Ahead of the Chess World Championship, which begins next week, Jayaditya Gupta decided to try and ...

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Diagram 1: This diagram shows all squares on the chessboard identified by their coordinates. You would notice along the sides of the board there are letters and numbers. They are used to identify ...

Historical records show that the last time a pandemic stampeded around the world was in 1918. Naturally, chess was around in that time but I’m guessing it was not as popular as today. For one thing, ...

Five-time world champion Vishwanathan Anand feels the advent of computers has changed the way players have approached chess over the years, with the two opponents sitting in front of the board ...

MATTOON -- Children in grades third through fifth are invited to learn about chess during a free program on Monday at the Mattoon Public Library. The "Introduction to Chess" program is being offered ...