How chess became medieval Europe’s favorite pastime

Chess spread quickly through feudal Europe, far from its roots in sixth-century India. Here’s how the game of strategy kept ...

The crazy sex toy scandal that blew up the chess world — and its strange aftermath four years later

Carlsen, then 32 and a five-time World Championship, was widely considered the greatest player in the millennium-and-a-half ...
The Eagle-Tribune

In the Western Conference (chess) finals, it's 2-2 between the Spurs and Thunder. Game 5 awaits

It’s like Victor Wembanyama has been here before. Dec. 28, 2024, was a cold and drizzly morning in New York. Wembanyama had ...
CNET

Duolingo Chess Players Soon Can Play Matches With Others

Chess instruction launches on Android phones, and Duolingo customers with iPhones will soon be able to play chess against each other. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content ...
CNET

I Resurrected My Favorite Childhood Games Using Gemini Vibe Coding

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
IGN

AI Will Change Games, but Not in the Way CEOs Think

Back in 2024, not long after laying off five percent of the company’s workforce, EA CEO Andrew Wilson got on a stage to wax poetic about all the ways generative AI would help take the gaming industry ...