COUNCIL, Idaho — The elementary school at the edge of this rural town has a playground that boasts little more than a swing set. That’s no problem — the hot new game is inside. Chess, once used as a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook <Cover art owned by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books For Young Readers. I haven’t played, or even thought ...

Dennis J. Carroll Kian Morgan, 7, of Taos sat on the bleachers next to his mom Monday licking his wounds and the icing on a consolation chocolate cupcake after being quickly dispatched to the ...

Sam Cassidy twirls his red bangs as he contemplates his next move and sets the rook down. “Check.” His opponent, Amera Hemming, reaches out to move her chess piece and freezes her arm above the board ...

Dylan Quercia — or “Coach Q” — is the queen of the LA chess scene. The bi-identifying, queer chess instructor teaches kids around Los Angeles how to play chess, combining competitive strategy with ...

In its intermittently interesting attempt to fuse the cerebral symbolism of chess with the psychodrama of a young woman's search for her birth mother, Claudia Florio's "Check and Mate" emerges as a ...

Jack Pursey is an Evergreen Editor from England who began working at Game Rant as a List Writer in August 2020. Jack enjoys games from a wide range of genres but has a soft spot for puzzle and ...

There are several sports that combine multiple two disciplines, such as biathlon (cross-country skiing), nordic combined (ski jumping, cross-country skiing) and the decathlon or heptathlon in track ...

When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it really be a thing? Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Check vs. Mate Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into ...