Have a good mind for computational problem-solving? Fancy netting a cool $1 million for your efforts? Then the University of St. Andrews and the Clay Mathematics Institute sure have the competition ...

The chess puzzle may have had an early and accomplished aficionado: Leonardo da Vinci. A manuscript penned around 1500 gives experts reason to believe da Vinci may have come up with the striking and ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link One of my favorite things to do for amusement is solve chess problems, wherein the player is given a scenario on the board and then asked how to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A black chess player about to win against a light-skinned cleric. Chess problem 88 in the Libro de axedrez, dados e tablas ...

In this chess study, it is White to move and win. The win is forced – either checkmate or a White gets a large amount of material to make the position untenable for Black. Chess studies are composed ...