The UAE Chess Federation announced that Rouda Al Serkal, a player on the national team and the Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind ...

I picked up Walter Tevis’s The Queen’s Gambit in the kind of used bookstore where the shelves are too full, the air smells ...

He noted that chess relies on analytical thinking, while religion is based on faith and tradition. “You need an inquiring mind, and if you’re not ruthless in your inquiry, then you never make ...

Playing against the chief minister was 17-year-old Mehak Maqbool, who first learnt the rules watching her cousins play when she was around six years old. Seven years later, at age 13, she formally ...

King Henry VIII was not very fast. Neither was King George III, among others. Power perhaps is fattening or a heavy burden, ...

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis's AI journey had an unexpected start: his early mastery of chess. Years before Hassabis ...

Demis Hassabis, a childhood chess prodigy, said his experience with the game afforded him his first brush with AI. He was ...

Grandmaster and the tenth world chess champion (1969-1972 ) Boris Spassky of Russia died two Thursdays ago. He was 88. Spassky lost his world championship title in 1972 to America’s Bobby ...

It is inspiring to see Rummy recognized as a competitive mind sport, and I hope this platform continues to encourage more players to showcase their skills. I also extend my heartfelt congratulations ...

In a sport like chess, where teenage prodigies emerge every week ... at Prague happened after he overcame immense pressure building up in his own mind. He gave a measure of just how much stress he was ...

They face a brain-boggling puzzle and a high-stakes speed chess battle. Show more Sue Perkins hosts this high-stakes chess contest, following 12 rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community ...