There's a very nice teenager living in Foster City who likes to beat people's brains out. This he does across a chessboard, moving pieces in a way that few 14-year-old kids move them. The brutal ...

Sacrificing a queen for a quick checkmate is always fun, but there’s a lot to be said for sacrificing a pawn in the opening that leads to a winning endgame. The positional sacrifice may not get as ...

In the intellectually grueling game of competitive chess, Annie Wang,16, the top U.S. women’s player in her age group, has a style of play that is both aggressive and tactical. She sets the tone of a ...

Daniel Naroditsky, 29, a chess grandmaster and educator, has died unexpectedly, the Charlotte Chess Center announced. No cause of death was released, and his family has asked for privacy. Naroditsky ...

Naroditsky was a head coach at the Charlotte Chess Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The center announced his death in a statement posted on social media on Oct. 20. The statement did not give a ...