When it comes to chess, psychological scientists have concluded that practice is necessary to get to the master level -- but it's not enough. There has to be something else that sets apart the people ...

Even for someone who’s super smart, becoming a skilled chess player requires lots and lots of practice. By the same token, practice isn’t everything. New research in the journal Proceedings of the ...

Chess, the eminently cerebral game, is even thought provoking in ways unrelated to the movement of pieces on the board. Can you become a talented or great player simply by practicing relentlessly? Or ...

The single round swiss-system 2015 Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament ends this afternoon. For the selected few participants who accumulated the most number of points after five rounds, the ride ...

June 16, 2004 -- Watching a chess match may seem about as exciting as watching paint dry, but new research shows that a champion's brain works at lightning fast speed, making decisions in seconds that ...

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Metcalf Middle School sixth-grade chess players sat divided into two teams, playing a game of chess on a large paper chess board hanging over the classroom’s whiteboard ...

Magnus Carlsen has shared why he is not returning to deliberate practice in chess despite a recent dip in form, stating that his priorities have shifted as he prepares to welcome a child with his wife ...

I hate to admit it, but chess hurts my head. I love playing games, finding patterns, devising strategies, but there is something about chess that frustrates me. I think it is because I end up planning ...

Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...