Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch says that “necessity breeds genius.” An onslaught of life crises and a dash of self-delusion ...

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Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...

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Chess has always been a part of Henry Lien’s life. He’s played it since he was 5 years old or so, his tiny hands just big enough to hold the pieces. He grew up in a part of the Bay Area, Marin, which ...

Quarterback Kyler Murray has on-field football work to do with the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday. When his workday ends, he's going straight to his online chessboard. From X's and O's to rooks and ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

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So when I was 8 years old, I'm pretty sure my obsessions circled around hockey and "The Muppets," but other 8-year-olds are different. Take Ashwath Kaushik. Kaushik is obsessed with chess. Not only ...