Varuzhan Akobian was a boy of only 5 years old when he discovered the game of chess. His father was his first opponent, and the match took place shortly after Akobian’s family moved to Mongolia from ...

Brahmin Brown didn’t waste any time. Peering up at a chess grandmaster through his glasses, the Hillcrest Academy second-grader raised his hand and asked — point blank — when he’d get his opportunity ...

Two of the world’s best chess players took on 26 kids Monday in a match of speed chess, a prelude to a three-day invitational in Santa Rosa. The boy rested his head on a picnic table overlooking a ...

Wesley So is half a point ahead entering the eighth round. WESLEY So stayed on top of the US Chess Championships after a draw against Varuzhan Akobian in the seventh round in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

Position No. 6089: White to play and win. From the game Dariusz Mikrut-Maria Gosciniak, Warsaw 2009. Solution to Position No. 6088: Black wins with 1 . . . Qxf2+! 2 Kxf2 Re2+ 3 Kxf3 (or 3 Kg1 f2 mate) ...