An Isle of Wight chess tournament is highlighting the game's growing popularity with young people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People play chess all over the world, but can the game actually make you smarter? Every Christmas, my family follows the same ...

Online matches are gaining popularity, but chess club is all about the thrill of good old-fashioned board play. On a Wednesday night in July, chess boards and timers crowd tables at Ladybird Grove & ...

A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I was a schoolgirl and found it so deadly dull and tiresome it was a ...

In a world filled with sketchy stratagems and bad moves in every direction, the grandmasters of chess stand apart. There are fewer than 2,000 grandmasters worldwide. They play the “royal game” at the ...

The e-ink display is perfect for chess, whether you're playing solo, online, or against the person next to you.

There were prizes, but mostly, “people want to do it for bragging rights,” she said. Mac Hills took first place in the tournament, and he is welcome to brag away until the club’s next tournament, ...

"We have had people play here from every continent except Antarctica, we've even had people from cruise ships pop in and ...