Legal battles require the same skills seen at the highest levels of chess. Elnur/Shutterstock.com Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion ...

A chess board is a special place. A game of chess always begins from the same starting position, giving you and your opponent exactly the same material, which is placed symmetrically opposite each ...

Starting chess can be overwhelming, but knowing a few solid openings makes the game far more enjoyable. The right openings help you develop quickly, control the center, and avoid nasty traps. Here’s ...

The fifth-best chess player in the world brought out his queen on the third move. Today, on day two of a four-game chess exhibition between grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and Komodo, the single strongest ...