Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

In this video, we explore chess openings, covering a range of strategies from bad openings to the best openings. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Bad Opening 11:00 - Best Opening 19:17 - Best Opening ...

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 are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the complexity of the game to favour white, black or neither player ...