Playing against the chief minister was 17-year-old Mehak Maqbool, who first learnt the rules watching her cousins play when she was around six years old. Seven years later, at age 13, she formally ...

Right-wing activists are crying foul and accusing Chess.com of religious persecution. The hysteria was caused by a poll post ...

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Depardieu, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director in 2021 Los ...

Chess Masters: The Endgame (BBC Two) attempted to exploit the game’s popularity boom by turning it into TV entertainment. The result was quietly compelling and full of chequered charm.

Fans of the Black and Gold rejoice—star WR DK Metcalf is a Pittsburgh Steeler! After a plethora of failed trades, it was beginning to look like GM Omar Khan and the rest of the Pittsburgh ...

Presenting is a velvet-suited Sue Perkins, who fulfils her remit admirably by smirking about “bishop ... Queen”) and Scottish Caitlin (“The Smiling Assassin”), both of whom were taught ...

She was Queen of England for just nine days before being executed at age 17, marking the shortest reign in British history. Now new research suggests a portrait that has gone on display in Britain ...

The dimly lit room was filled with the soft scratching of chess pieces and the faint squeaks of a ceiling ... Vikram leaned back in his chair, stroking his beard thoughtfully. He moved his bishop to ...

Queen Mary debuted two historical royal jewels as she wowed at the gala dinner during the Finland state visit. The Danish Queen chose to wear Queen Caroline Amalie's gold diadem with antique ...

A bishop takes an outpost on f5 ... Bronstein has a pawn that is threatening to capture Spassky’s rook on the final rank while also promoting to a queen. The rational move would be to move the rook in ...

Baseball, in the vernacular of chess, is given queen status, with basketball relegated to a knight, bishop, or rook. But in Sarasota proper, any attention accorded girls basketball has gone to the ...

While he is in Washington for the president’s address, Bishop Barron will celebrate Mass for Catholic members of Congress. Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate ...