A former child prodigy who became an acclaimed player, commentator and teacher, Naroditsky, known as Danya, was a beloved and ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

Vladimir Kramnik, the Russian chess master accused by his peers of bullying Daniel Naroditsky — the U.S. grandmaster who was found dead last week — has himself been hit with unfounded cheating ...

In addition to being one of the most accomplished American chess players of his generation, Naroditsky mentored and wrote about chess.

Chess’s international governing body is considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in ...

A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it comes to tasks like training ...

Computer chess engines surpassed the world’s best human players in the 1990s. They can calculate millions of moves per second, allowing them to quickly make the best decision on the board. So why ...

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Levy Rozman answers the internet's burning questions about the game of chess. What's the best opening? How do you become a grandmaster? Was the Queen's Gambit an accurate show? What's the worst move ...

An Iranian chess player, who competed in an international tournament without wearing a hijab, has been granted Spanish nationality, Spain’s Minister of Justice announced on Tuesday. She was ...