Here's a statistical challenge worthy of a grandmaster: How do you create an accurate ranking system when the best players usually don't win? This is the conundrum of elite chess. The stronger the ...

There has been no shortage of media exploring the cinematic potential of chess, from “Queen of Katwe” to “Pawn Sacrifice.” Still, few have demonstrated the intensity of the sport more than director ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A recent medical examiner’s report revealed the probable cause of death for 29-year-old Daniel Naroditsky. The ...

A chess grandmaster from the Bay Area who died in October was found to have died due to a probable cardiac arrhythmia and had methamphetamine and the active ingredients of kratom in his system at the ...

A newly released toxicology report indicates American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, 29, had multiple drugs in his system when he was found dead in his North Carolina home in October. The chess ...

The Charlotte Chess Center announced the news of the prolific player's death with a social media post on Oct. 20 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers ...

Chess can be improved by rearranging the positions of the starting pieces to produce a more difficult or fairer game, a physicist has found. A standard game of chess always starts with the pieces at ...

Two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St. By the time the curtain rises at the Imperial Theatre, the revival of “Chess” has already given up. The set, ...

“Chess” had a crazy, ridiculous plot when I first saw it in London in 1986, and in the sizzlingly sexy new Broadway version starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, the show ditches ...

Chess opens on Broadway Sunday night, and ahead of its first official performance, the production released official photos and video to give audiences a sneak peek at the star-studded revival.

The World Chess Federation said Wednesday it will investigate whether Russian chess champ Vladimir Kramnik should be disciplined for the disparaging public statements he made "before and after the ...