“If your pawn game is good, you can do so much.” So teaches Edward Trimble during an afterschool program he runs through his nonprofit S.P.O.R.T. Academy, which brought together dozens of young ...

“Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be!” If you ask a chess player to elucidate this inspiring quote ...

One has to be better than good to win at the World Chess Championship. One has to be nearly perfect. Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, was reminded of that today in his eighth game against the ...

Game 1 of the 2014 World Chess Championship was played on Saturday and ended in a draw (you can watch it here). I know that sounds boring, but it was a fascinating draw and should set the tone for the ...

On the night of November 8, twelve hours before facing off in the inaugural match of the World Chess Championship in London, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, the world’s top grandmasters, were ...