My chess coach, Grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer, might have played one of the best games I've seen recently. He checkmated the reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in just 26 moves, and not just ...

In fact, it turns out you can take something as ubiquitous as chess, and put it right in the middle of the genre. This is exactly what Passant does, and its brand-new demo already has me hooked.

Here's the latest Passant trailer for the new roguelike where you use unique pieces to twist the rules of a regular game of chess. Earn powerful items and badges with special rules to win match ...

A player solves a puzzle in Arkham Knight in an unconventional way and more accidental wins. Death Stranding was positioned as another big PlayStation game and became divisive. Here's why the ...

Here's the latest Passant trailer for the new roguelike where you use unique pieces to twist the rules of a regular game of chess. Earn powerful items and badges with special rules to win match ...

ON FEBRUARY 7th the inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will begin on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. My anticipation is immense. At the Weissenhaus Resort, the world’s top ...

And as they weaken, anarchy inevitably creeps in. Such are the broad outlines against which the recent American election is merely one episode. That election was perhaps the most contentious ...

On the second weekend in January, at the Brahms-Kontor building — an Art Deco marvel in the city centre — Germany’s highest level of competitive team chess found itself under an unusual ...

Magnus Carlsen, considered by many to be the greatest chess player the world has ever seen, is celebrating his endgame. After spending a decade as world champion between 2013 and 2023, the 34-year-old ...

Europe and Japan’s BepiColombo beamed back close-up images of the solar system’s innermost planet, flying through Mercury’s shadow to peer directly onto craters that are permanently hidden ...

Akio Toyoda, head of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, speaks at the CES technology trade fair. Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images Popular car company Toyota doesn’t just want ...