How Three Chess Friends Battled Demons and Saved Two Lives

For the three men — Frank Ames, Paul Trahan and Lincoln Cyrus — that day last September began an unlikely chain of events ...

The NBA’s Western Conference final is a chess match, with Tuesday’s Game 5 a turning point in series

Fast forward to now, where the Spurs and Oklahoma City are playing a different form of chess – the Western Conference final, ...
CNET

Duolingo Chess Players Soon Can Play Matches With Others

Chess instruction launches on Android phones, and Duolingo customers with iPhones will soon be able to play chess against each other. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content ...
New Atlas

This robot is set to be your miniature AI chess partner – or coach

If a fervent chess player seeking a challenging game partner doesn’t happen to live in a major city such as St. Louis, Missouri, home of the World Chess Hall of Fame, the next best thing might be ...
Time

I’m a Chess Champion. Here’s Why I Play Chess Against ChatGPT

Large language models (LLMs) are bad at chess. And yet, as a three-time National Chess Champion and a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, I love to play against them. Not because they push me to ...
The New York Times

Chess Lover Introduces Game to Malawi’s Prisons, Schools and Street Kids

Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone. By Rabson Kondowe Reporting ...
Education Week

How Playing Chess Can Boost Academic Learning

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...
TechCrunch

Chess.com reaches 200 million members

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of ...
MIT Technology Review

AI reasoning models can cheat to win chess games

These newer models appear more likely to indulge in rule-bending behaviors than previous generations—and there’s no way to stop them. Facing defeat in chess, the latest generation of AI reasoning ...
Forbes

GoChess Mini Review: Play Online Chess With A Real Board

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Online chess has exploded in popularity since the Netflix ...
The Verge

Google’s new chess game lets you customize pieces with AI

It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators ...