Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these similarities, they developed a new classification method which can complement ...

Most successful chess experts keep a store of opening traps for use against weaker opponents or for simultaneous displays ...

The opening lines of master and grandmaster (top-level) players are often memorized by other players for use in their own games. The researchers considered chess matches of master-level players ...

In this video, we explore chess openings, covering a range of strategies from bad openings to the best openings. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Bad Opening 11:00 - Best Opening 19:17 - Best Opening ...

R Praggnanandhaa continued his fine form by finishing joint-second in the rapid section on the opening day of the Zagreb ...