He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019 ... a title given to the highest ranking players in the game. Singapore Chess Federation/ Facebook Only 12 players in the history of classical chess ...

If you've ever been to the Starbucks on Padre Island, you may have seen Phil Shaw, also known as "the Island Chess Man." In ...

Maybe you were one of the many people who began playing chess because you watched The Queen’s Gambit during the pandemic. Or maybe you attempted to play chess and realized: oh yeah, chess is ...

Guo, meanwhile, credits the local library in his hometown of Atlanta with introducing him to chess when he was five years old. He was returning a book when he noticed people playing chess in the ...