Entry is free, the prize fund is expected to be £2,500, and the winner qualifies for the world solving championship This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which Guardian ...

Here is a Christmas Tree puzzle from the British Chess Problem Solving Society. Can you figure out how White can progress? For Christmas Eve, a Christmas Tree puzzle, with thanks to David Friedgood of ...

After receiving his degree in Journalism & Media Communications from CSU in 2019, Erik began building his career in online media, and found his dream job when he joined Game Rant as a staff writer.

Ants use a certain pattern, or algorithm, to forage for food, and this can be used to solve the famous “knight’s tour” chess problem. By Graham Kendall Take a set of chess pieces and throw them all ...

This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter a national contest where FT readers traditionally perform strongly. White in the diagram, playing up the board, is to play and checkmate in two moves, against ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews are challenging people to claim $1m (£770,000) by finding the solution to a "simple" chess puzzle. Computer programmers would be able to pocket the cash, ...

It’s no secret that computers can smoke humans at chess. And now, as if to further mock our mere organic forms, scientists say they’ve created a computer made out of DNA that can play the board game — ...

A record field of 46 solvers came to Eton College for the 2015 Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship. The championship was won by Grandmaster Jonathan Mestel, who has triumphed so often he ...

This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which FT readers traditionally perform strongly and in significant numbers. White in the diagram, playing as usual up the board, ...