Last fortnight, we discussed ‘Pattern Recognition in Chess’, aided by basic checkmate patterns like the Back Rank Checkmate with the rook and the Queen. Let us continue where we left off in our ...

Did you now, that on the very 1st move, either side has a choice between 20 possibilities over the chess board? Did you now, that on the very 1st move, either side has a choice between 20 ...

Chess is a two-player board game where each player controls 16 pieces. The goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, which means putting the king in a position where it is in immediate ...

As you may have seen earlier, my colleague Joe Weisenthal found a fascinating chess puzzle posted on eminent chess expert Susan Polgar's blog. The problem was solved in a fascinating way. In the ...

Sam Cassidy twirls his red bangs as he contemplates his next move and sets the rook down. “Check.” His opponent, Amera Hemming, reaches out to move her chess piece and freezes her arm above the board ...

It was a move that changed everything. Ding Liren, the reigning world chess champion, played his rook to f2—a decision that would not only cost him the game but also his crown. Across the board, the ...

Chess Game With Answers: Chess is one of the oldest games in the world, with its origins dating back to at least the 6th century AD. The world's longest chess game lasted for 269 moves and took over ...

@TheStalwart @Austerity_Sucks A game begins 1.e4 and ends on move 5 with the move knight takes rook checkmate. What was the whole game? — Mig Greengard (@chessninja) August 14, 2013 Well, evidently ...