Sacrificing a queen for a quick checkmate is always fun, but there’s a lot to be said for sacrificing a pawn in the opening that leads to a winning endgame. The positional sacrifice may not get as ...

McShane-Kramnik, London 2009. Black to play. With two rounds to go in the London Chess Classic, the Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen looks set to win the tournament. Vladimir Kramnik, his main rival, ...

In the intellectually grueling game of competitive chess, Annie Wang,16, the top U.S. women’s player in her age group, has a style of play that is both aggressive and tactical. She sets the tone of a ...