This past weekend was a busy one for Alabama chess as concurrent tournaments were held in Montgomery and Huntsville. Both tournaments are considered marquee events on the end-of- the year weekend ...

What Are You Willing to Give Up for Your Goal? Every athlete asks themselves this question at some point. During a chess game, our goal is to Checkmate the opponent’s King. At times, the boldest ...

Harikrishna’s game had seen a jaw-dropping ploy from the Indian to let his queen, the most powerful piece on the board, be ...

India's P. Harikrishna secured a swift 21-move victory in the Chess World Cup, advancing to the third round with a brilliant ...

This story is part of Only A Game’s “Rivalry Show,” which looked at stories of rivalries in sports. According to the incredibly stratified rankings in the world of chess, "experts" should never win ...

Last week I quoted an Ukrainian-American reader on why he thought Putin was, for the moment, outplaying Obama in the multi-dimensional chess game for world opinion (not just within-US sentiment) about ...

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Gaurav Dutta, chess fan: For me, the greatest sacrifice(s) would be from “The Polish Immortal Game” (Glucksberg, or Glinksberg, depending on your ...