Chess engines like Stockfish ... and Carlsen—already a prodigy in this phase—elevated his play further: Pawn Endgames: Studying tablebases and engine lines, he’s mastered subtle king triangulations ...

The Spanish engineer’s machine really did play a modified end game ... and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920, the machine got a facelift ...

Bobby Fischer sparked American chess interest; today, the Saint Louis Chess Club hosts top U.S. players in a significant tournament.

Chess: Introducing Young Minds To Strategy ... Can you find it? Black is only 1 pawn down in this endgame but Black’s pawns on the Kingside are blocked by the White pawns while the White ...