Danny Rensch gets sweaty when he plays chess. He gets especially sweaty when he plays a version of the game that has chess’s best and brightest dashing around a giant board, doing push-ups on ...

Heat of more than 100 degrees earlier this week did not keep people from standing in the sun and moving giant chess pieces around on the black-and-white checkerboard painted on the concrete in front ...

Tim Myers has had a passion for chess since he was in school. A retired mechanic, he has built massive chess pieces out of scrap steel that can weigh 800 pounds, approach 12 feet in height, and are ...