Tobey Maguire used a chess set made in Huntsville in a 2014 movie. Producers ordered one for the new CBS comedy “God Friended Me” and another to use in a 2016 Disney film. The House of Staunton, ...

Games are fun. You might have played a card game like Go Fish. Checkers might have been an early game you learned. Monopoly was one of the best games ever. Later on you may have learned poker, bridge, ...

A website called 'GenChess' has been released that combines Google's chatbot 'Gemini' with the image generation model 'Imagen 3' to generate chess pieces with creative and unique designs, so I tried ...

People have been playing chess for centuries—but a new chess piece found in Norway further reveals the spread of the ancient game to the Nordic region, and provides some intriguing insights about the ...

Jack Pursey is an Evergreen Editor from England who began working at Game Rant as a List Writer in August 2020. Jack enjoys games from a wide range of genres but has a soft spot for puzzle and ...

Chess is one of the most ubiquitous games in the world, and it's easy to get started. All you need is a board and some pieces. There's no need for an app or robotics, and certainly no need for ...

Chess sets and backgammon boards are a familiar sight on drawing-room tables, but one expert Highland woodworker is ...

As computers get better at chess, their games look more human. Their moves seem more connected to known strategic plans, and when they aren’t, the logic can still often be discerned by experts. But ...

For many, chess can be a complicated, mind-boggling game – not worth the effort it would take to master its 64 squares and 32 pieces. But for player Michael Cambareri, the complexity is exactly what ...

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