Most games that pit two players or teams against each other require one of them to make the first play. This results in a built-in asymmetry, and the question arises: Should you go first or second?

While most students were counting down the days to the winter break, a dedicated group of DeSoto County Schools teachers were in class learning more about chess, how to teach it and how to apply the ...

Research has shown that chess players tend to have higher cognitive abilities. But does this mean that chess instruction improves cognitive abilities? Mathematical problem-solving ability in ...

I do watch TV -- perhaps more than I should. I've been watching "The Twilight Zone" -- the really old one -- on Netflix. I got interested because of my father, who's into sci-fi. I'm into sci-fi ...

The FINANCIAL — At times math teachers use a legend,“mathematics in the game of chess”, as an introduction to Exponential Functions.Theoriginal mythtells of amathematician in Indiawho invented the ...

Research has shown that chess players tend to have higher cognitive abilities. But does this mean that chess instruction improves cognitive abilities? Mathematical problem-solving ability in ...

ST. PAUL -- Fourth-graders at William Byrne Elementary sat on the carpeted floor as they concentrated on where to maneuver the 32 chess pieces on the game board. They focused overthrowing their ...