The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical politics. About a dozen chess players and observers gathered on the patio ...

Four years ago, “The Queen’s Gambit” — a Netflix miniseries and coming-of-age drama about protagonist and orphan Beth Harmon’s obsession to become the best chess player in the world — shot to ...

“Chess,” Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov says in the first few minutes of Netflix’s new documentary, “is psychological warfare.” It’s a bold statement — one that becomes even more interesting when, ...

ST. LOUIS — Long before The Queen’s Gambit captivated Netflix audiences around the world, it was a 1983 novel written by Walter Tevis — a story as much about struggle and redemption as it is about ...

Pawn pushers at a couple of low-stakes chess tournaments in Iowa and Louisiana recently sat down at their boards only to discover a surprising competitor: one of the highest rated chess players ever ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...