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

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

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The horses in higher-end wooden sets must be hand-carved, a long, specialized process to make sure all four are exactly the same. By Sophia June If you bought a wooden chess set after watching “The ...

Tobey Maguire used a chess set made in Huntsville in a 2014 movie. Producers ordered one for the new CBS comedy “God Friended Me” and another to use in a 2016 Disney film. The House of Staunton, ...