When it comes to chess, psychological scientists have concluded that practice is necessary to get to the master level -- but it's not enough. There has to be something else that sets apart the people ...

Even for someone who’s super smart, becoming a skilled chess player requires lots and lots of practice. By the same token, practice isn’t everything. New research in the journal Proceedings of the ...

Chess, the eminently cerebral game, is even thought provoking in ways unrelated to the movement of pieces on the board. Can you become a talented or great player simply by practicing relentlessly? Or ...

I hate to admit it, but chess hurts my head. I love playing games, finding patterns, devising strategies, but there is something about chess that frustrates me. I think it is because I end up planning ...

For years, Hamilton School students found a home at lunch or after school playing chess with a coach or a friend. Now, some of the players have a state title to show for it. The Novato school’s chess ...

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Metcalf Middle School sixth-grade chess players sat divided into two teams, playing a game of chess on a large paper chess board hanging over the classroom’s whiteboard ...

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Depression-era Americans in 1933. The sentiment has been expressed by many other people. One of the most inspiring ...

Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Metcalf Middle School sixth-grade chess players sat divided into two teams, playing a game of chess on a large paper chess board hanging over the classroom’s whiteboard ...