Kyla Zhou is an incredible female author and Forbes 30 Under 30 award winner who has written many empowering novels and books. These books include the chess novel “May The Best Player Win,” which has won the 2025 Mathical Honor Book Award.

As a young female chess player myself, it is comforting to know that there are books out there highlighting not only the struggles we endure every day, but also our strengths.

Anything to win the game. I gritted my teeth and glared at the other side. They had taken my friends. They had taken the family I’d known. They would not take the victory.

In Free-for-All Chess, teaming is NOT ALLOWED! That means you are not allowed to communicate, team up, or make alliances with any other players.

Four Player Chess boards may be hard to find because of their unusual shape. Still, it is worth the search, just to play simultaneous chess with more of your friends!

Horde Chess is the variant version of a zombie apocalypse, but with more strategy and fewer brain-eating undead.

This may be one of the most common chess variants among young players because it is easy, fun and quick to play! However, this chess variant is not very helpful if you want to improve your actual chess playing.

AI helps players train and practice against computers. No more waiting for other human players to accept, and no more fear of dropping ratings.

A study published by NYU with contributions by Jennifer Shahade, two-time U.S. Women’s Champion, proved gender bias in chess.

The passed pawn is a game changer. “The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key.”

Her League tournaments follow a unique structure. Let’s go through a typical tournament program while hearing from coaches, players, and parents along the way.

From October 2020 to April 2022, Chess.com’s number of monthly active users doubled from 8 million to almost 17 million. But, what caused this sudden increase in users?