Hi everyone.Does anyone have a recommendation for a free PC chess game? I love the one on Mac OS X, but I'd like something to play in Windows. No online play is necessary. I just like to play ...

The random setup of pieces in Chess960 makes the game in many ways a better match for computerized play than conventional chess, where opening moves are usually stored in a database. By Kevin Poulsen.

Microsoft has overhauled its casual games offerings with Windows 7, giving users the chance to play improved, online versions of games such as Chess and Backgammon.

You can play free chess MMO One Million Chessboards right now, but it's less about the board game, and more about how you choose to play.

Not only are there plenty of games you can plan without a gaming PC, you also don't have to pay for many of them. If you know where to look, there are a lot of free games you can play on your PC ...

A game from the Komodo-Stockfish match in the recent Thoresen Chess Engines Competition shows that computers can play interesting games.

PC Gamer's previously spoken to Kasparov about the game of kings in the computer age (he was a key consultant on The Queen's Gambit), though even he sneaks in the odd round or two of Hearthstone.

Having a computer opponent can help chess players train, writes Finley, but Kasparov also said the original draw of teaching computers to play chess wasn’t just about teaching them to win.

Well, put down your frostner and fang spear and pull up a seat at the chess table. The Civilized Duels mod lets you challenge another player to a game of chess. To the death.