Here’s a life lesson I never thought I’d write about: Beware of robots when playing chess. Seriously. Take it from one 7-year-old chess player in Moscow, who learned (the hard way) that robot chess ...

Inspirational can be a dirty word at the movies, suggesting fake uplift and sugary excess. There’s none of that in Queen of Katwe, the true story of a preteen chess prodigy from Uganda whose skill and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chess experts make more mistakes when air pollution is high, a study has found.

A chess-playing robot broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent during a match at a tournament in Russia. The boy was facing off against the robot when it mistakenly grabbed and broke the child’s ...