chess

Norway's World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen competes in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, India
Culture
The cheating scandal rocking the chess world
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Beth Harmon, a child chess prodigy, in Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit'.
Culture
Garry Kasparov on how ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ brilliantly moves chess skills to center stage
Garry Kasparov faced off against Deep Blue, IBM’s chess-playing computer in 1997. Deep Blue was able to imagine an average of 200,000,000 positions per second. Kasparov ended up losing the match.
Technology
Garry Kasparov and the game of artificial intelligence
Ukraine's grandmaster Anna Muzychuk, wearing a yellow shirt, stares down her opponent across a chess board.
Global Politics
Citing women’s rights, chess champ skips title defense in Saudi Arabia
Norwegian chess world champion Magnus Carlsen in a suit and holding a bottle a Champagne  while attending the Norwegian Sports Gala in Oslo January 4, 2014.
Culture
The Italian Bobby Fischer is making chess history in St. Louis
A poster of chess player Garry Kasparov in Tromso, Norway, where the former world champion lost his bid to become the president of the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.
Culture
A chess legend fails in his bid to become the sport’s official king
A poster of chess player Garry Kasparov in Tromso, Norway, where the former world champion lost his bid to become the president of the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.
Culture
A chess legend fails in his bid to become the sport’s official king
Sports
He boxes pretty well, and he plays chess reasonably well. But when you combine them, watch out
Chamonix Skywalk
Global Scan
Stepping out in the new year?
Norway (white) versus the rest of the world (black)
Arts, Culture & Media
Norway challenged the world to a chess match… and the Internet trolls won
Norway (white) versus the rest of the world (black)
Arts, Culture & Media
Norway challenges the rest of the world to a not-so-friendly game of chess
Global Politics
Russian band Pussy Riot, convicted of hooliganism, given two-year sentences
Arts, Culture & Media
Only African-American chess grandmaster wants to inspire a younger generation
Development & Education
In Armenia, schools bring chess into the classroom
Sports
Slideshow: Learning Chess in Elementary School
Sports
Chessboxing in the UK
Global Politics
Cheating scandal in the chess world
Arts, Culture & Media
The problem with child prodigies
Global Politics
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
The game of chess boxing
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Environment
World chess competition
Global Politics
Women’s world chess competition boycott
Chess champ Fischer remembered
The World – Episode 20071109 – First chess-boxing world championship