Need a quick form of entertainment this summer? Why not pull out a checkerboard while you're bored? The beloved 8x8 board is home to both checkers and chess and is a staple in many living rooms, parks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. Every year in IT is an ordeal. Budget cutbacks, ...

It's quiet inside the Jacksonville Checker Club. Two men, oblivious to the thumping music blasting from passing cars and people scurrying outside the building on the corner of 21st Street and Myrtle ...

While misusing modern forms of media dulls the mind, games like checkers are a simple way to stimulate one's intellect and foster community, Pope Francis said. Checkers "is a game that exercises ...

Game over. Computer scientists have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C. After 18-and-a-half years and sifting through 500 billion billion (a five ...

Some of the best chess masters in the world have come from Russia, and Putin is frequently compared to one. Is this Ukrainian gambit simply a feint to commit the U.S. and Europe to a NATO-free zone in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. SungardenInvestment.com, former investment advisor and fund manager. Think about the games of chess versus checkers. The checkers ...

Northwestern Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) student Maurice Rahme talks about what he learned teaching a Baxter robot to play checkers. Embedded Systems in Robotics is one of three required ...

Northwest Indiana’s king of checkers held court recently at the Gleason Park Clubhouse for an exhibition match that brought together fans of the game eager for the chance to see him play. Clorius Lay, ...