It may be 1,500 years old, but chess isn’t going anywhere, and part of its longevity may be the fact that it lends itself well to modern upgrades. Three years ago Infivention launched Square Off, a ...

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...

It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

Any Harry Potter fan has surely spent at least a few moments of their life wishing that Wizard’s Chess — the enchanted version of the classic game in which pieces move without being touched — was a ...

Computers have been beating humans at chess for decades, and they’re now so predictably good at it that chess grandmasters won’t even bother to compete against them. But in what feels like a gesture ...

SenseRobot manufactures chess and Go robots that independently move pieces with robot arms, recognize game moves, and offer training up to master level.

This winter, prepare to be board. COVID-19 has shut down restaurants, clubs and concerts and replaced them with Netflix binges and bread-baking sessions. Now, fun-starved shut-ins are turning to ...