A chess Grandmaster has gone viral after losing his cool and slamming the table in disgust following a shock defeat.

Chess is brutal. Chess is now cool. Sitting barely a meter away from each other in a London amphitheater under the intense glare of spotlights and spectators are two twentysomethings who were once ...

Jacopo Raule/Getty Images As of late, a few things have become cool again: dad sneakers, flip phones and now chess. Who knew that one of the nerdiest games of all time, typically reserved for old ...

That may just be the case if you happen upon this group of intrepid chess players ... of a chess club has grown from quiet introvert to cool-kid status. Playing one-on-one the kids have developed ...

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) --A Russian teenage chess champion is on a mission to update the game's image from brainy to "cool." Seventeen-year-old Alexandra Kostenyuk became the youngest women's chess ...

Chess is not the kind of game traditionally played for high stakes in Las Vegas, but it is getting an image make-over. This weekend players from all over the world attended a Vegas tournament ...