Does chess really improve thinking skills?

Beginners who are playing their first few games often look down at the board and wonder, what the heck am I supposed to do with all these pieces? If you ever find yourself in this position, then this article...

Pawn structures Pawn chain shapes that look like /\ (an inverted V) from your side tend to be stronger than those that look like a \/.

Chess is a game played on 64 square board which is a combination of two colours, usually black and white (nowadays different colours chess boards are available like green and white, yellow and brown). The...

Chess is an exercise of infinite possibilities for the mind, one which develops mental abilities used throughout life: concentration, critical thinking, abstract reasoning, problem solving, pattern recognition,...

If you threaten something here in one move, something over there in the next move, and so forth, your opponent will have an easy time defending. Your pieces have to work together to be effective. Just...