Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

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, ...

Oscar is here to check your chess skills in the newest Duolingo course since the app began offering math and music lessons. "Hola, ajedrez" means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to ...

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At its simplest, chess involves two players moving 16 game pieces each – a king and queen; two rooks, bishops and knights; and eight pawns – from opposite sides of a board composed of 64 ...

I never understood the benefits of chess because I never learned to play the game. As a kid I would watch the adults play the game and sit for hours methodically choosing their moves. In fact, I ...

Feb. 16—HIGH POINT — Seven-year-old Casten Christensen-Sharpe doesn't necessarily understand all the benefits he gets from playing chess. He just knows he enjoys it, and that's enough for now. "It's ...

The Balanced Rook Chess Club is a free and social gathering for chess players of all abilities at Wackadoo Brewing. The club ...

— -- Some hotels are starting to feel like college campuses. Many have instructors to teach guests how to play chess, make pottery, mix a drink, cook and do any number of other activities, ...

"Hola, ajedrez" means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to learn Spanish on Duolingo. And you'll be able to learn and practice chess on the language learning app soon. Duolingo ...

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