Download our PDF guide to the city with an illustrated map of top destinations. Check out "The Art of Chess" at the Project B Gallery between April 14 and April 29. The exhibition will feature chess ...

From ancient Persian craftsmen to Yoko Ono, artists have reinterpreted the game over the ages. An all-white chessboard as part of the "Sky Is Always Clear" exhibition by artist Yoko Ono at the Moscow ...

I love the game of chess, and that stems back to my childhood. When I was growing up in Australia in the '60s and '70s, we didn't have the internet or modern technology kids have now, so we often ...

I grew up in a chess-playing household. My father put his woodworking skills to good use and built a chess table for us to play on, we purchased multiple collectors' sets online, and we even equipped ...

Chess has long been played and regarded as a game of strategy, meant for those with sharp minds and strategic thinking. Given its popularity, many Malaysian households have a chess set of their own, ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

Chess has featured, famously, in the work of artists for centuries. In 1923, Marcel Duchamp returned to Paris from the United States and all but abandoned his art practice in favour of chess. Now, an ...

The modern chess set is called the Staunton set, for Howard Staunton, the English chess master who popularized its use in the 19th century. But Staunton's most lasting contribution to sports might be ...