NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, June 6, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sixteen years after its launch, new features are being added constantly to SparkChess. Whether you ...

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The pandemic has reduced most professional sports to shadows of their former selves. But it's done wonders for one game, maybe the last one you'd ever guess: chess. "A boom is taking place in chess ...

Teenage chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has "likely cheated" in more than 100 online chess games hosted by Chess.com, according to a report commissioned by the popular online chess website. On Tuesday, ...

Chess is having a moment. The centuries-old analog game has found new life online, and it hasn’t just grown in popularity — it’s exploded. As people turn toward digital entertainment amid the pandemic ...

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Danny Rensch grew up in the Church of Immortal Consciousness, running around barefoot and living off food stamps. But he left ...

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As many fans of the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit will attest, this is not just a story just chess, but a story about women and power, or lack thereof, in a testosterone-driven theater of combat.