On the Friday evening of Dec. 8, New York native Justus Williams arrived at the Detroit Institute of Arts dressed to impress in a crisp black suit and brown dress shoes for his chess date with 50 ...

Any local chess player who has ever yearned to do battle with a master of the game got the chance to accomplish that goal on Feb. 23 at the Willoughby Public Library. International Chess Master Calvin ...

It took Michael Casner only five minutes to handily beat me in a game of chess. Even more embarrassing, he did it without first capturing a single piece. “Checkmate,” the eighth-grader told me while ...

Darnay Holmes is in a meeting room at UCLA, balancing on one foot, a dumbbell in one hand. Pawn to E4. Seth Makowsky makes his move. Holmes has to think fast, and stay standing upright. Knight to F3 ...

It doesn't take long to get addicted to the ancient and complex game of chess. If you've got competent players to spar with, there's a lot to discover about opening gambits and ways to counter them.

Check your calendar. A student organization is working day and knight to prepare an event fit for a king. “Challenge a Champion,” hosted by the Chess Club at Ohio State, is bringing International ...