Open Chess project delivers electric shocks for bad moves and costs $22 versus $600 commercial smart boards through open-source DIY design.

An engineer has gone viral after creating a ruthless version of chess that literally punishes players with electric shocks ...

We had a chance to review the GoChess Lite, an electronic chess board designed to teach, compete, and bring a modern style to ...

JAKARTA—Duolingo, the world’s leading learning app, announced the launch of its Chess’s Player-vs-Player mode (PvP) on ...

At the United States Chess Championship, I entered a world of chess as serious business. For one thing, I was wanded by a security guard on my way up to the competition. (To prevent cheating, cell ...

Ramsey Stiles had played chess for more than two years before ever getting the chance to say, "checkmate." Not that the junior at Highland School of Technology would ever say the word. Attacking the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local chess program is winning big and making a significant impact on its players. Charles Cooper is a social studies teacher at Allen Village. When he started in 1978, he noticed ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.