See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. I was seven years old when I first started playing chess. My parents ...

If you're looking to spice up your socially distanced New Year's Eve 2020 with a little excitement, you could do a lot worse than taking on the band Phish in a game of chess. Strange as it might sound ...

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...

A trio of researchers from Institut Polytechnique Paris, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat München, and Erasmus University has found evidence suggesting that cognitive abilities in humans peak at age 35 ...

It’s been a big year for chess. The surging popularity of chess spurred by the success of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” is now spilling over from retail to websites and streaming services, adding to ...

In a historic first, the 2020 U.S. Chess Championships will be held online this year, comprising an exciting series of five national title events, including the U.S. Championship, the U.S. Women’s ...

Baltimore Ravens left guard, John Urschel, plays chess with members of the award winning University of Maryland Baltimore County chess team. He moves a chess piece during a game. Urschel is an avid ...

Ten-year-old brainiac Oliver Boydell recently called “checkmate” on one of his favorite rivals, chess prodigy Beth Harmon of “The Queen’s Gambit.” “I am technically undefeated against her,” said the ...

Good chess players are master strategists and problem solvers. Alexandra Botez has one more unlikely skill in her arsenal: insults. “My dad is a huge troll,” the chess influencer, 25, told The Post of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though many industries suffered in 2020 as a result of lockdowns and quarantine orders nationwide, others capitalized on the shift ...