James has been gaming for as long as he can remember, from conquering the world in Civilization or blowing up worlds in Stellaris to getting sucked into yet another grind on either version of ...

You wouldn’t think that a young woman alone in a Moscow park with dozens of old men could make for a happy ending, but here we are, crying into our Cheerios over the poignant final moments of The ...

Most of us know the basics of chess: You move pawns and pieces — rooks, knights, bishops and a queen — around a checkerboard in a bid to capture your opponent’s king, without losing your own. Each ...

NEW YORK: The thing to remember about chess is that it’s not professional wrestling. I try to keep this in mind as I’m sitting 107 stories above God’s green earth, or at least above New York City, on ...

Since 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion and chess legend Garry Kasparov in a six-game match, chess players have accepted that machines are stronger at chess. We have taken some comfort ...

The millennia-old pastime of chess has been enjoying an explosion of interest. Whether people are longing for any engaging hobby to keep themselves sane during the long wait, or they fell prey to a ...