Unusual Rules for Unusual Chess

Changing the rules of chess is actually a fairly common practice. Often it is used to postulate problems, especially in a computer science setting, though when played in a real game, it is used to test the mettle of the players. Changing the rules can change the basis on which strategies are made, [...]

Randomized Chess Games

To the well-organized player, chess is a game of high strategy and planning. The movements of the pieces are highly controlled, and a clever chess player can be seen to excel almost entirely on skill and control. There are, however, a number of types of chess that look to introduce some type of [...]

Popularity of Chess on the Internet by Country

The rise of the internet has caused widespread sharing of information and trends that had traditionally been centered in certain areas. Chess is no exception. Though chess has maintained a constant popularity worldwide for the last several centuries, the always helpful Google Trends gives as an interesting, and perhaps unexpected, look at the [...]

Significant Chess Organizations

Chess as a sport is officially organized by FIDE, the French organization entrusted with running worldwide chess. There are, though, a number of chess organizations and sub-organizations that have significant power over the chess world, and have made significant contributions to the sport of chess. The most significant chess organizations in the world [...]

Top Reasons to Play Chess

Chess is an almost two millennium old game that, to this day, continues to be appreciated and enjoyed by players all around the world, mainly for the highly intellectual nature of its game play. It is both beautifully simple in its easy-to-learn rules, and mind-numbingly difficult in the high amount of strategy and planning [...]