None of the responsible, loving, joyous acts you carry out as a dad soothe you very much on those occasions you mess up ...

Checkmate! On Friday, turn-based chess roguelike Gambonanza officially launched on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android. The ...

Children from New York schools are consistently winning national chess championships, and programs dedicated to teaching young people the game are booming. Ayden Spellman, 11, is one of the top young ...

Researchers have discovered lithium hidden in pyrite within ancient shale rocks—an unexpected find that could reshape how we source this critical battery material. It raises the possibility of ...

Large language models (LLMs) are bad at chess. And yet, as a three-time National Chess Champion and a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, I love to play against them. Not because they push me to ...

Ten seconds left. Ball in LeBron James' hands. With the Milwaukee Bucks clinging to a two-point lead against the Los Angeles Lakers, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo read the play. Defending James, ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

For more than a decade, the Sinquefield Cup has been a key stop on the Grand Chess Tour, bringing together some of the world’s top players in a competition that helps define the highest level of the ...

American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped. The world’s No. 2 rated player, famous for his talents in speed chess, spent 67 ...

Ten minutes past one in the afternoon—and Magnus Carlsen’s world was crashing down around him. This can’t be happening. Magnus ran a hand through his disheveled mane of auburn hair, a chaotic halo ...

The last-place Wizards can’t even do Aprils Fools’ Day right. The team played a gag on a fan during its tilt with the 76ers on Wednesday night, and when nobody found the bit funny, Washington ...

The Washington Wizards' dismal season hit a new low Thursday when the organization had to apologize for an April Fools' Day prank during their 22-point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday ...