Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

Chess960 seems to hold special appeal for chess programmers. Because the placement of pieces is random, computers rely on lightning-fast processing, without retrieving archives of past moves from a ...

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, ...

Queen’s gambit: New research find that the standard game of chess can give an advantage to white – regardless of where the back pieces are placed (courtesy: istock/gedzun) Chess is a seemingly simple ...