Newcomers to chess should consider learning the following openings to ensure they get off to a good start as both White and ...

For White, who possesses the advantage of the first move, hypermodern openings offer a unique blend of flexibility and ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists of the Complexity Science Hub and the Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these ...

Nihal has won four rounds, and his win over Maghsoodloo was special as he outplayed Iran's No. 1 in an extremely complex endgame.

He was known for playing some of the least respected openings, including the Grob, the Creepy Crawly or the St. George Defense. But he was often successful. By Dylan Loeb McClain Michael Basman, an ...

What do Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca have in common? Coaches wedded to a certain style of football? Midfielders who became managers? Worked together at Manchester City? Bald? All of these things are ...