This week, Stephen Eisenhauer starts high school. But few other ninth-graders can beat his summer vacation story: While the rest of us were grilling out for Labor Day, Eisenhauer donned a set of robes ...

Nothing makes you feel dumber than losing at chess to a 16 year old. I have a good excuse, of course: I’m lousy at chess. And here’s an even better excuse: I was playing Akshat Chandra, the reigning ...

Never underestimate a geek, particularly a chess geek. I once underestimated a chess geek. Matthew, 13, was my opponent at a school tournament. Both his eyes were on opposite sides of his head, so I ...

Netflix’s period piece miniseries The Queen’s Gambit spans a decade in the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a wunderkind whose natural aptitude for anticipating her ...

Netflix’s stylish drama The Queen’s Gambit might just be the surprise hit of the fall. As adapted by a 1983 Walter Tevis novel of the same name, the show’s storytelling is on point, its production ...

One board is way too easy. Play like Kirk and Spock and unfold your game across seven boards, four of which are movable. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is ...