Even for someone who’s super smart, becoming a skilled chess player requires lots and lots of practice. By the same token, practice isn’t everything. New research in the journal Proceedings of the ...

June 16, 2004 -- Watching a chess match may seem about as exciting as watching paint dry, but new research shows that a champion's brain works at lightning fast speed, making decisions in seconds that ...

Research into cognitive skills and development in chess players offers a nuanced understanding of how strategic thinking, problem‐solving and decision‐making processes evolve through both deliberate ...

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Intelligence - and not just relentless practice - may play a significant role in determining your chess skills, a comprehensive new study has found. Chess is probably the single most studied domain in ...

Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...

The world of chess has been going through somewhat of an evolution in recent years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The ancient game’s popularity boom has been well documented, owing in ...

Seventeen-year-old Anton Smirnov will represent Australia at the Chess Olympiad in Georgia. Source: SBS News/Daniela Intili Seventeen-year-old Anton Smirnov is already a grandmaster and will represent ...