This game looked under control — until one move changed absolutely everything. A winning position suddenly turned unstable, ...

An artificial intelligence can identify entertaining chess moves rather than just winning ones. This could lead to AIs that are more fun to watch or play against, and even offer insights into how we ...

The cliché says good decisions take time. But in professional chess, the opposite pattern keeps appearing. When elite players ...

The bad news is that there is no single solution to Rule 16. There’s not even a daily solution, the puzzle will be different each time you play the game. So you’re going to have to do one of two ...

Last year, my son joined the middle school chess club and began using me, a total novice, as his sparring partner. In chess, a player can choose from one of 20 opening moves, including moving a knight ...

Players can take days or even weeks to take a turn, and they have embraced the use of software to find the best moves. By Greg Keener After more than two years of play, Jon Edwards, a retired ...