Confession: I’ve been involved in a secret war for control of the planet, waging secret battles across Worcester. My primary opponent is known only as “Kraken.” ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the International School Chess Federation (ISCF) have officially declared 2026 as the Year of Chess in Education. This landmark initiative by FIDE ...

By Bart Meijer AMSTERDAM, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Dutch chess grandmaster Jan Timman, known as "the best of the West" in a time when chess was dominated by players from the Soviet Union, has died at the ...

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

At the Hungarian national chess tournament in 1991, Judit Polgár had to choose a strategy: Play for a draw against Tibor Tolnai and thus gain enough points to make history. Or abandon caution, follow ...

The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix Judit Polgár's rise to chess stardom is documented ...

She was raised as part of a prodigy-breeding psychological experiment, took on the chess patriarchy and beat her idol Garry Kasparov. So why isn’t there more depth to this documentary? Judit Polgár ...

I want to ask you a question: Do you think the choices you make today will have any impact on your future? If we stop to think about it, most of us would say, “Yes, of course.” But we don’t actually ...

Good morning. The stakes were, suddenly, enormously high. The Republican-controlled House was preparing to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, which could eventually ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Over the last few centuries, behavioral psychologists have documented all kinds of ways of modifying our actions and the ...