COLONIE - Albany resident John Oyeyemi Fawole discovered his passion for chess as a teenager in his home country of Nigeria.

Twenty years ago IBM’s Deep Blue computer stunned the world by becoming the first machine to beat a reigning world chess champion in a six-game match. The supercomputer’s success against an ...

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand recently presented a lecture at Accenture plc - the world’s largest multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The 12th ...

TOMS RIVER - Chess aficionados will get the chance to meet and challenge Grandmaster Fabiano Luiqi Caruana on Saturday during a free lecture and accompanying simultaneous exhibition at Ocean County ...

Besides being a freshman at the School of International Studies at Peking University, 18-year-old chess world champion Hou Yifan has also become an assistant teacher. After being invited by Li ...