During a blitz round of the European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship, a player quickly gained a huge advantage against a strong Ukrainian Woman International Master and even won an extra piece early ...

Look at the chessboard and find the one move that delivers checkmate. Check each piece, the opponent king’s escape routes, and the way the board is defended. Then choose the move that ends the ...

By the time Orrin C. Hudson — better known as “Checkmate” — started talking about chess, it became clear that the game was only part of the story. For Hudson, every move on the chessboard represents ...