Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For centuries, chess experts have largely agreed that playing white offers a slight starting advantage over black. The standard ...

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Finding chess boring? Try shuffling your pieces on the back rank and you get Chess960, or Freestyle chess, a variant of the game that favours creativity over preparation, ...

Part game, part sport, part home decor. Chess sets come in so many creative varieties — some museum-worthy, some utilitarian — that there’s one to suit just about anyone on your holiday gift list, ...