The chess world erupted over a cheeky joke from Chess.com asking players for “new name ideas” for one of the game’s pieces.

The Chess.com Rename the Bishop Controversy refers to backlash over a joke posted by the chess.com X / Twitter account in mid ...

has declared St. Teresa of Avila as the official Patron Saint of Chess, a move that reconnects the game with a tradition of cultural patronage. St. Teresa, a strategic thinker from the 16th ...

Twelve rising stars of the UK chess scene will be competing in the BBC’s new ‘high-stakes’ contest. Across eight episodes, ...

Many of the chess games which I have replayed were decided in the middle game; either from material advantages, passed pawns, successful combinations or unimaginative blunders. In chess literature ...