In 2005, when Erik Allebest and Jay Severson founded Chess.com, they could not have predicted the astonishing trajectory their venture would take. Fast forward to 18 years later, and Chess.com is ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as ...

PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen's chess startup Take Take Take announced on Monday it was pushing into the play and learning markets ‌central to Chess.com's core business, despite commercial ...

Finishing off our week of niche social networks comes a newish social networking offering from chess portal Chess.com. Chess.com is dedicated to becoming the premier online social networking community ...

The millennia-old pastime of chess has been enjoying an explosion of interest. Whether people are longing for any engaging hobby to keep themselves sane during the long wait, or they fell prey to a ...

Chess hasn’t seen popularity like this since the 1972 World Chess Championship. By Greg Keener While many Americans were confined to their homes during the pandemic, they turned to chess to occupy ...

Chess is no longer just an old-school pastime — young men and women are making the game their own. The big picture: The ...