It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

This weeks project features no woodturning, at all, not even a little bit. Its a project I've been working on in my spare time over the last 3 months. The log had been previously dried and when I ...

Chess has never been just a board game. It has always been a quiet reflection of the world around it. When societies changed, ...

Chess is one of the most ubiquitous games in the world, and it's easy to get started. All you need is a board and some pieces. There's no need for an app or robotics, and certainly no need for ...

Decades ago, I invented an educational game that resembled our complicated legal system. Because of my experience with this game, I was excited by recent reports that chess has recently become ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Online chess has exploded in popularity since the Netflix ...

It’s 4 o’clock on Sunday evening when people start to trickle in to the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center on the east side of Columbus. John Hoffman is the first to arrive. At 81 years old, he’s a ...