Shortly after 2 p.m. on August 8, 1972, WNET/Channel 13 in the New York metropolitan area was swamped with phone calls protesting the station's programming. Irate viewers repeatedly asked the ...

These are boom times for chess. Boards are sold out. Bookstores can’t keep how-tos on the shelves. The reason: Beth Harmon, a Kentucky-orphan-turned-chess-prodigy who in the 1950s and ’60s dominated ...

Ding is scheduled to return to action at the ‘chess Wimbledon’ that includes five of the eight Candidates to challenge him for the world title this year China’s world champion, Ding Liren, has become ...

Sultan Khan conquered the British, long before India gained independence from colonial rule. Sultan Khan conquered the British, long before India gained independence from colonial rule. Long before ...

The Chess Olympiad was being held in India for the first time. Covid, and then Russia-Ukraine, aided the locational shift to Chennai. An event like this stimulates interest in chess and attracts the ...

Discover one of the craziest and most brilliant games ever played by a forgotten chess master. Surprising combinations, incredible sacrifices, and seemingly impossible moves. Donald Trump responds to ...

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