Danny Rensch grew up in the Church of Immortal Consciousness, running around barefoot and living off food stamps. But he left ...

Chess.com has launched Gambit, its inaugural poker platform, and is now planning to introduce additional sites for games such as go, backgammon, and mahjong.

In the latest twist of the chess cheating scandal saga, Chess.com has filed a motion to dismiss Hans Niemann’s lawsuit against it, claiming that his allegations of a conspiracy between the online ...

Hans Niemann is one of the top-ranked chess players in the world and has, for the past two weeks, been at the center of an ever-widening scandal involving accusations of cheating at the game’s highest ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as ...