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

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

Complexity theory remains one of the great unsolved mathematical puzzles. Kenneth Regan is trying to figure it out. Kenneth Regan paused at lunch in New York to glance at incoming texts from top ...

While cheating at the game’s top level is rare, platforms and mathematicians alike work tirelessly to ensure the game’s integrity. By Emily Belz The mechanics of how chess players might cheat ...

Clem Falbo of Joseph shows one of the math textbooks he wrote Tuesday, May 3, 2022. JOSEPH — A pandemic was not going to corner Clem Falbo on the chess board and force him to resign. His love of ...