Zugzwang is particularly common in endgames due to the fewer pieces left on the board leading to fewer options. It is even common to come across positions of ‘Mutual Zugzwang’: positions where both ...

In a chess world dominated by Russians, Chinese, and later, the great Magnus Carlsen of Norway, India’s Viswanathan Anand ...

King Tupou VI reasserts the monarch’s role in the affairs of state with the appointment of his son as a senior minister.

A chess board consists of eight rows and eight columns ... The ultimate goal of the game is to check or checkmate the other King. It happens when the King gets locked in a position to be captured ...