In chess, there is a famous trap called the "Légal Trap".It is a highly satisfying tactic where you intentionally let your opponent take your queen, only to deliver checkmate immediately ...

Checkmate! I am sure that was my mindset when I was in private practice and wanted to win a case for my client. I wanted to achieve checkmate, to trap the opposing party so they had no legal move that ...

The story at the heart of “Checkmate” is a good one, but Ben Mezrich has hustled it into print too quickly. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dylan Loeb McClain has written about chess for 30 years and was the ...

The game of chess conjures up images of a board of 64 squares bathed in warm lamplight: a medieval army of 32 carved pieces standing at rigid attention, and two players sitting opposite, their tense ...