It felt like the whole world fell in love with chess for a brief spell last year when the Queen's Gambit took over Netflix and living rooms everywhere. While the show's buzz may have subsided by now, ...

Duolingo launched a beta version of a chess course on Tuesday, April 22. The new, free course teaches users how each chess piece moves through short puzzles, lead by the app's in-game chess coach ...

Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these similarities, they developed a new classification method which can complement ...

Practice the classic game with help from Duolingo. Practice the classic game with help from Duolingo. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after ...

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

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Duolingo will soon be able to help you learn another new skill: chess. The platform’s new chess course will use short puzzles, such as moving a knight to the correct spot to practice its L-shaped ...