Paper figures on stage in a private paper theater museum. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa UNESCO's Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage includes more than 100 traditions that are practiced in ...

Viswanathan Anand hardly has space to play a game of chess inside his house. Art has taken over a bulk of the space at his ...

Garry KasparovLegendary World Chess Champion Grandmaster Garry Kasparov attended the Alan Turing Centenary Celebrations in Manchester today. Kasparov also beat the Turing "Paper Machine" - the ...

Mehler is executive director of the U.S. Chess Center, a nonprofit group headquartered at 15th and M Streets NW. The facility has long been the hub of competitive chess in this area.

“I founded the chess team and I’ve coached it throughout, and this is one of the strongest team I’ve ever had,” said Murrow chess coach Eliot Weiss, who has helmed the team since 1981. “They’re great ...

They don’t call it the Game of Kings for nothing. Two Brooklyn schools swept two New York City chess tournaments Jan. 12, proving that, when it comes to the game of kings, Kings County is, well, king.