With World Book Day having passed us right by, here are a few book recommendations catering to a range of chess players. The best way to go through these is along with a Chess Board next to you ...

Jeremy Silman, an international chess master whose books were popular with players looking to improve their game, died on Thursday at his home in West Hollywood, Calif. He was 69.

One such game appears inside a new book of photographs documenting the rich interplay between chess and culture over the past 130 years. The scene is a Connecticut lawn in 1956; Duchamp sits in ...

The 200-page book is a feel-good read for sure. We see the author, who was an adequate chess player on his own, agreeing to help out a chess coach friend at a Bronx school with a 97% poverty rate.