However, like a pointed Chinese proverb about spreading yourself too thin, white checkmates black with rook to d7 (see next ...

April. Reigning champion Wenjun Ju faced fellow countrywoman Zhongyi Tan of China. Ju dominated the match and won before ...

You can play free chess MMO One Million Chessboards right now, but it's less about the board game, and more about how you ...

The high-profile matchup would add a new layer to their already intense rivalry, but in a format neither is universally dominant in.

Polina Shuvalova was another player to win with black pieces. The Russian defeated Poland's Alina Kashlinsakya. The final act included offering rook exchange in a bid to hasten the queening of ...

World number four Arjun Erigaisi was outplayed by Ian Nepomniachtchi in the opening game of the 5-9 place tiebreaker at the ongoing Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.

Tan capitalised on Ju's mistake in a rook endgame during a marathon 62-move ... in Shanghai with a solid 39-move draw, as Tan, playing Black, chose the Sicilian Defense. Both players expressed ...

World No. 4 Arjun Erigaisi of India started off with a draw against Hikaru Nakamura of the United States in the first game of the quarterfinals of Freestyle chess tournament in Paris on Wednesday.

How does a chess player know which move ... After 3.Rag7 i.e. giving a check on g7 with the Rook on a7, both the Rooks together control all the squares of the Black King, resulting in Checkmate!

"It's now cool to play chess," says Shahade (in black). In March ... and she could have won immediately by sacrificing a rook, but Shahade set a trap on the 30th move. If Krush misjudged the ...

Plus, having green and white squares, rather than black ... rook or a king. Luckily, as fans of the book series and movies will certainly remember, there’s an alternative in the form of wizard ...