The landscape of chess opening theory underwent a significant transformation in the early 20th century with the emergence of hypermodernism. This school of thought, championed by influential figures ...

The Mainz Chess Classic is designed by founder Hans Walter Schmitt to provide maximum customer entertainment and he is always rewarded with large audiences. The event features both Rapid Chess and ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists of the Complexity Science Hub and the Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these ...

Learning chess can be quite a rewarding process. However, beginners sometimes find training and learning quite daunting and overwhelming. The openings are one of many aspects of the game and ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these similarities, they developed a new classification method which can complement ...