Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...
It’s been almost a month since 13 high school students and their coaches from Renaissance High School, a public magnet school in Detroit, Mich., piled on a bus for the nine-hour ride to Washington, ...
Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...
Chess instruction launches on Android phones, and Duolingo customers with iPhones will soon be able to play chess against each other. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content ...
Think chess is just for geniuses? Well, think again. Thanks to a social media explosion, millions of people are picking up a chessboard for the first time. In this week’s edition of Teach Me ...
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Chess has surged in popularity in recent years, and in my opinion, there is a huge crossover between chess and business. The game offers entrepreneurs powerful, non-obvious benefits — especially in ...