In Dan Starbuck Pelletier’s program, the only kings and pawns in the room move on a black-and-white checkerboard. The playing field that exists outside the room is leveled to make way for the world’s ...

Anyone who’s taken language lessons on the Duolingo app is certainly familiar with the Duolingo owl, Duo. If you skip out on lessons, Duo will ping you — crying! — to come back. Over the past few ...

"Hola, ajedrez," means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to learn Spanish on Duolingo, and soon you'll be able to learn and practice chess on the language learning app, too. Duolingo ...

It is the sort of thing that would send Bobby Fischer into a tirade. Here, in the first round of the Maryland Scholastic Chess Championship, Patrick Allen’s chessboard – the plastic roll-up kind – is ...