The rivalry between two chess players in Russia took a bizarre turn when one of them was accused of poisoning a game board with liquid mercury, making her opponent sick. The suspect, chess player ...

Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent “novichok” when making assassination attempts against both ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Online chess has exploded in popularity since the Netflix ...

Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent "novichok" when making assassination attempts against both ...

Hungry for in-person interaction, Gen Z and millennial players are joining old-fashioned chess, mahjong and backgammon groups. A meeting of the Rummikubers club in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...