the White Rook would still deliver a checkmate on h8?! Such is the power of this Battery. In the same position, the Black Queen and Bishop on b7 are placed on the same diagonal a8-h1, forming a ...

The opening day of the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York witnessed a rare and bizarre end to a game because of a ...

night vision, thermal imaging, multiple cameras, a wireless remote control and four attachments. The Rook is named after the chess piece, meaning checkmate, Miller said.

Meanwhile, Gukesh had two pawns and his king—enough to escort the pawns to promotion and ensure checkmate. The title was sealed. “When he played rook to f2, I did not realise (that there was a ...

During the World Rapid Chess Championship a few days earlier Carlsen had withdrawn from the Rapid and upcoming Blitz Tournaments. It was ostensibly about the tournament rules not allowing jeans ...