For many, remembering where they’ve left their keys and cellphone is challenge enough. Remembering the layouts of 48 chess boards well enough to play and win most of the games, then, would seem ...

The 140 elementary students faced off today in the third annual chess tournament at Weber Elementary in Iowa City. I was mesmerized by the patterns of all the simultaneous matches when you looked down ...

WHITTIER >> Chess Grandmaster Timur Garayev demonstrated his world-class moves Saturday at Whittier High School when he took on 10 challengers in 10 simultaneous games, all while blindfolded and ...

Today in Saint Louis, Mo., one woman will take on 30 opponents in a simultaneous chess exhibition. DORSA DERAKHSHANI: I'm supposed to get white, which white starts first in chess. So I already know ...

An 87-year-old Hungarian woman aims this weekend to set a world record by beating 1920s Cuban chess grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca at his own game: simultaneous play. Since the 1950s, Brigitta Sinka ...

“For me, this is very important not only at a personal and sports level. I also had the objective to spread chess to the masses, to inspire young talents so they follow their dreams and they can turn ...

As the Hutchinson Community College track team noisily began warm-ups on the Gowans stadium track Monday afternoon, a silent but intense contest was going on next door. Gabe Purdy was on his 18th ...

An Israeli grandmaster is hoping to break the world record for playing simultaneous games of chess. Alik Gershon is taking on 525 opponents in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. He needs to win 80% of the games ...

Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.