My son is an avid chess player, so when I had the chance to check out the GoChess Lite Modern board, I jumped on it. GoChess aims to combine the tactile experience of a tournament-sized chess set with ...

Early in “Brooklyn Castle,” a film about the championship chess team at high-poverty, racially diverse Intermediate School 318 in New York City, the principal observes that “in some schools, if you go ...

Of all the things to make a movie out of, why a bunch of computer science geeks trying to make a program that can beat a human at chess? Writer, director and editor Andrew Bujalski’s one-of-a-kind ...

One board is way too easy. Play like Kirk and Spock and unfold your game across seven boards, four of which are movable. The “Star Trek” version of future chess is as elegant as the curves of the ...

Never underestimate a geek, particularly a chess geek. I once underestimated a chess geek. Matthew, 13, was my opponent at a school tournament. Both his eyes were on opposite sides of his head, so I ...