Chess or video games—which actually makes you smarter? The answer may surprise you.

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...
Education Week

How Playing Chess Can Boost Academic Learning

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, ...

SenseRobot Mini Has A Robo Arm And Uses AI To Teach You How To Play Chess

The SenseRobot is an automated gaming system that plays chess with a physical robotic arm, camera recognition, and an ...
Yale Environment 360

Checkmates: Chess phenoms share a college and a mastery of the ‘royal game’

In a world filled with sketchy stratagems and bad moves in every direction, the grandmasters of chess stand apart. There are fewer than 2,000 grandmasters worldwide. They play the “royal game” at the ...
Los Angeles Times

Dejan Joveljic is a chess national master. Will he be a game-changer for the Galaxy too?

INDIO, Calif. — Chess, Dejan Joveljic says, is all about thinking ahead, being patient and working the board to your advantage. And if you do all that correctly and in concert, you can bend an ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Kansas City's chess scene is seriously fun. Here's where to start playing and competing

Photographed against the Kansas City skyline, David Pentimone designed his own chess set based on the New York City skyline. A few years ago, he began working on a Kansas City-inspired set. From clubs ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Chess is playing the long game: The rise of the auto chess genre

The impact of chess on games as a concept is undeniable, with its strategic and competitive elements seen across the industry in so many forms today. The boardgame is still going in its own right, of ...