Even for someone who’s super smart, becoming a skilled chess player requires lots and lots of practice. By the same token, practice isn’t everything. New research in the journal Proceedings of the ...

To all chess players, chess is more than a game. For all the others, what’s the big deal about the game, they ask. The 32 pieces and pawns on the 64-square board have passionate fans the world over, ...

Intelligence - and not just relentless practice - may play a significant role in determining your chess skills, a comprehensive new study has found. Chess is probably the single most studied domain in ...

Magnus Carlsen has shared why he is not returning to deliberate practice in chess despite a recent dip in form, stating that his priorities have shifted as he prepares to welcome a child with his wife ...

Competition, rationality, intelligence, and good character have been linked with chess playing for quite sometime now. The recent success of the young Indian, Gukesh D, to become the youngest world ...

Since 2010, more than 500 children in Newham have been taught how to play chess. Now, three years on, teachers have been so pleased with the results that the east London borough is extending the ...

June 16, 2004 -- Watching a chess match may seem about as exciting as watching paint dry, but new research shows that a champion's brain works at lightning fast speed, making decisions in seconds that ...

International Chess Day: Playing chess works wonders for your brain and makes you a happy person. An expert on how the game can boost memory and mental health. A game of chess can turn any dull day ...

Christian Cooke, the star of the new drama series Rematch, had to undergo some rigorous physical training to convincingly portray chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov on Disney+. The actor revealed that ...