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 ...

“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 ...

We didn’t see much of Ian Nepomniachtchi on Sunday, though the Russian grandmaster is nominally competing for the World Chess Championship in Dubai. He spent much of the day in a private room, hidden ...

Q: Can White win this position, with White’s turn to play? With only a King and a Pawn for White and a lone King for Black on the board, you might think there isn’t much you can do.. But then you ...

“If your pawn game is good, you can do so much.” So teaches Edward Trimble during an afterschool program he runs through his nonprofit S.P.O.R.T. Academy, which brought together dozens of young ...