The longest chess game theoretically possible is 5,949 moves. Source. Checkmate derives from the Persian phrase Shah Mat. The phrase means “the King is dead.” The second book to be ever printed in the ...

Joaquín María Herrer y Rodríguez, “Checkmate,” 1887 “This King does not allow himself to be taken,” said St. Teresa, “except ...

A nomadic scientist, Mr. C, attempts to construct an encyclopedia of chess variants. To do so, he creates a conceptual model of a museum—the museum of deviant games. Experience Navy Chess, Martian ...

FIDE has decided that Fischer Random Chess, or Chess960, will get its own official rating. The FIDE General Assembly, held in ...

Bobby Fischer devised the variant in the 1990s to put creativity ahead of preparation. Three decades later, the world chess ...

Magnus Carlsen has another ratings list to top after FIDE announced players will have an official FIDE rating for Fischer ...

The FIDE General Assembly was held on 26–27 September 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, during the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad and ...

Expanded, multi-year collaboration applies Variant Bio's AI-powered Inference platform to cardiovascular target discovery Variant Bio is eligible for additional upfront, platform access and milestone ...

Jawa All Stars 42 Bobber is a part of an update that covered other models of the brand including the Jawa 42 and 42 FJ.

Variant annotation is the step in next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis that transforms a raw list of sequence differences into a structured evidence profile, adding consequence predictions, ...

Chess can be useful not only as an intellectual game, but also as an additional tool in dealing with certain mental and addictions. Two new studies have shown that special chess training has been ...

A four-player chess engine built to play the strongest 4PC it can. NNUE evaluation, an alpha-beta core in C and a Python root. Perft-verified move generation, all five starting setups, and a browser ...