Sacrificing a queen for a quick checkmate is always fun, but there’s a lot to be said for sacrificing a pawn in the opening that leads to a winning endgame. The positional sacrifice may not get as ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at 29, the Charlotte Chess Center announced on Oct. 20. In a statement shared to social media on behalf of the Naroditsky family, the center called the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo released by Charlotte Chess Center shows Daniel Naroditsky playing chess on the board. (Kelly Centrelli / ...

It is autumn in earnest, Keats’ “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” and a columnist’s fancy naturally turns to thoughts of positional chess. It’s no secret most chess players are attracted to ...

New research using chess960 shows that changing the starting layout can rebalance chess and alter how difficult early ...

In the intellectually grueling game of competitive chess, Annie Wang,16, the top U.S. women’s player in her age group, has a style of play that is both aggressive and tactical. She sets the tone of a ...

WASHINGTON — Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, a former World Junior Champion and popular chess influencer, has died, the Charlotte Chess Center announced Monday. He was 29. “Daniel was a talented ...