It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Chess has been around for about 1,500 years, making it ...

Prior to 1849, there was no such thing as a “normal chess set.” At least not like we think of it today. Over the centuries that chess had been played, innumerable varieties of sets of pieces were ...

Robots have been playing chess (or pretending to) since the Mechanical Turk in 1769. Today, we can easily jump online and play against an AI opponent or another human player anywhere in the world, but ...

You can get class credit for the coolest things these days. Take for instance, this Automatic Chessboard that [Brian] and [James] built for the final project in one of their classes this spring. We ...

The new LEGO Traditional Chess Set is a clean, simple build. Its squares are colored dark brown and beige, which creates the impression of polished wood. Its pieces match and have a smooth, simple ...

This chess set is made by The Noble Collection, which I do actually have some experience with already. They create all kinds of gifts for various popular fandoms like The Lord of the Rings and Harry ...