Chess

The ascendancy of machine over man

Wilhelm Steinitz was the inventor of modern chess, yet died a pauper's death

The world's youngest ever International Master is an Indian child prodigy with an appetite for cartoons

A modest philanthropist, Rex Sinquefield, is behind the US's triumph at the World Chess Olympiad

François-André Danican Philidor, composer turned blindfold king of the chessboard

Viktor Korchnoi, who has died at the age of 85, defeated nine world champions but never managed to claim the title for himself

Accusations of off-board skulduggery can be a powerful tool of psychological warfare

The two greatest chess prodigies of the age will soon face each other

The career of the genius Paul Keres was tragically interrupted by war

Walter Browne was an American maverick who excelled at more games than one

Might the world’s second-ranked player, Hikaru Nakamura, manage to emulate his countryman Bobby Fischer? The launch of the Hollywood biopic Pawn Sacrifice, with Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, has given rise to

The mysterious phenomenon of aphantasia