Duolingo is helping people learn chess beyond just checkmates with the launch of a new subject on its learning app. Why it matters: It's another way the Pittsburgh-based tech company is expanding ...

One of the beauties of smartphones, and especially tablets, is how beautifully they fit traditional board games. The daddy of them all is chess. It's been rather brutalised by technology in the past, ...

I’m embarrassed to admit this in my mid-forties, but I’ve never understood chess well enough to play a full game. My son and daughter both learned how to play in elementary school. I was glad they had ...