Evaluation bars are a visual indicator of a chess-engine’s real-time analysis of moves and position. American Grandmaster ...

Jordan Himelfarb’s new book explores the history of the game and the sacrifices necessary to make it to the top ...

The controversial US grandmaster scored the biggest success of his career at the Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz and is close to the world top 10 ...

If you’ve been grinding Chess.com puzzles and watching streams but still feel stuck, you’re not alone—most players suffer from 'random training' rather than a coherent plan. With the official 2026 ...

If a fervent chess player seeking a challenging game partner doesn’t happen to live in a major city such as St. Louis, Missouri, home of the World Chess Hall of Fame, the next best thing might be ...

CLEVELAND — Two years after Cleveland Clinic installed the first quantum computer on a medical campus, the technology has evolved dramatically — and so has our understanding of how to use it. The ...

Jamie Ding has faced off against comic book writers, a The Chase competitor, attorneys, and more, but he hasn’t been challenged by a world-renowned chess player on Jeopardy! until now. Ding finally ...

The modern era of cheating in chess began on a Thursday in July 1993, when a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks walked into the World Open tournament in Philadelphia and registered as John von ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Shira is eager to hear from college students and their families about how you’re feeling about the job market. Drop her a line at shira.ovide@washpost.com. A lot of students took the advice to learn ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...