Rex Sinquefield is 72 years old and very much interested in chess. He retired from Dimensional Fund Advisors, the investment firm he cofounded, in 2005. Some call him a billionaire and some just a ...

Many strange things have happened across the chess board — even above and below the chess board — involving the game’s elites. Over the years, there have been allegations of grandmasters employing ...

The stereotype of the chess player is someone who is smart, logical and good at maths. This is why so many parents around the world are keen to get their children playing chess – in the hope that the ...

This week we return to notation to allow readers a better understanding of how the pieces move and capture, how to react when the King is in check and how to bring a chess game to its conclusion. The ...

The chess world was abuzz last week over news of the resignation of FIDE (World Chess Federation) president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Even more perplexing was Ilyumzhinov’s denial of the resignation.