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Duolingo, the mobile app that helps you learn a language through gamifying the experience, is set to jump to the next frontier: chess. Luis von Ahn, the company’s CEO and co-founder, said on Tuesday, ...

Duolingo launched a beta version of a chess course on Tuesday, April 22. The new, free course teaches users how each chess piece moves through short puzzles, lead by the app's in-game chess coach ...

Duolingo, the world’s most popular learning app, is adding a new subject to its curriculum: Chess. Now in early testing, the Chess course marks the company’s first new subject since launching ...

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Anyone who’s taken language ...

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21. He was 88 years ...

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21. He was 88 years ...

Duolingo is introducing chess lessons to its platform, further branching out from its typical repertoire of language courses. Beta testers can already try their hand at the new chess course, and ...

"Hola, ajedrez," means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to learn Spanish on Duolingo, and soon you'll be able to learn and practice chess on the language learning app, too.

As the second best-selling console of all time (with the PS2 firmly in its sights), the Nintendo Switch obviously has an ...