One of these moves — pawn to g5 — “was not a Magnus move,” Nakamura said. In other words, it was a mistake. As Caruana pondered his response a bit later, on the 21st move, the board looked ...

After a pawn is moved from its starting position, it moves ahead by the usual 1 square per move for the rest of the game. Read Also Chess: Learn New Ways To Open A Game ...

In a match defined by accuracy, with so many moves earning the annotator’s exclamation point, this was roundly given a question mark or two.It blunders away a pawn: Carlsen moves his queen to a3 ...

But now, Najdorf plays a very nice move Queen to e8, eying the h5 square. White quickly realizes this and plays pawn to g3, giving some room for his king to breathe because White really can do ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice.