When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it really be a thing? Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.

You are playing as white. Your goal is to use your pieces to take your opponent’s black pieces, and eventually checkmate their king. Don’t let them put your king into checkmate. Each piece type has ...

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 ...