Online platforms are transforming classic board games like chess and checkers into accessible, educational, and social experiences. Services such as Chess.com, Tabletopia, and Together Time combine ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

A new chess club in Merrill is helping players learn the ropes, and for some, the game is more than it appears.

Computers have been beating humans at chess for decades, and they’re now so predictably good at it that chess grandmasters won’t even bother to compete against them. But in what feels like a gesture ...