The poker table was down to three players. I had a queen and a 10. It wasn't the strongest hand, but I'd been analyzing my opponents' playing patterns and knew I needed to send an aggressive signal.

Split Tree, Killer Queen, There Shall Be Lancing and Bennett Foddy's Speed Chess will be making their debut at the second installment of South by No Quarter, presented by Juegos Rancheros. The event ...

June 16, 2004 -- Watching a chess match may seem about as exciting as watching paint dry, but new research shows that a champion's brain works at lightning fast speed, making decisions in seconds that ...

the recognition–action theory of chess skill holds that expertise in chess is due primarily to the ability to recognize familiar patterns of pieces. despite its widespread acclaim, empirical evidence ...

The $100,000 Online Speed Chess Championship, a 16-player knockout match event, is underway. Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen reached the quarterfinals by defeating Iranian qualifier Parham ...

Longtime fans of the Wu-Tang Clan know that GZA plays a mean game of chess. The MC has been a devoted chess player for many years now, and, alongside bandmate RZA, once played against a grandmaster ...

In July, the American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky played a speed chess game against the Swedish chess master and popular ...

Grand Street in Hoboken was hot with competition when more than 40 chess players of all ages went head-to-head in a tournament Sunday at the Play! Hoboken facility. The competition marked the club’s ...

Chess is one of those games that most people have in their collection. It’s a trusted old favorite that we can bust out and know that the gameplay hasn’t changed since like, the 6th century.Except, ...