“Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be!” If you ask a chess player to elucidate this inspiring quote ...

One has to be better than good to win at the World Chess Championship. One has to be nearly perfect. Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, was reminded of that today in his eighth game against the ...

When negotiating, it is usually advantageous to avoid making the first offer. Similarly, in chess, sometimes it is best not to have the move and instead give your opponent an extra move. The phrase ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice. In the summer of 1972, the world's attention was ...

On a late winter afternoon, I joined Scott Russo at the Lancaster Sweet Shoppe, where he holds an open space for anyone interested in playing chess on Wednesday evenings from 4-9 p.m. I warm up with a ...