In Iran, the endgame began with Trump’s threat of massive destruction if Iran did not open the Strait of Hormuz, and it will continue until the belligerents come to a stable agreement ending ...

A new Armenian coffee shop opened on Feb. 21 this year. Is it in Los Angeles? Watertown? Detroit, Philly, New York?

It was actually fully usable for my needs ...

Members describe DCTRL – pronounced variously as decentral or decontrol – as Vancouver’s longest-running decentralized tech ...

If a fervent chess player seeking a challenging game partner doesn’t happen to live in a major city such as St. Louis, ...

Schools are pushing to get commitments from prospective students sooner, adding new early-admission rounds, and using wait ...

Checkmate! On Friday, turn-based chess roguelike Gambonanza officially launched on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android. The ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

Ten seconds left. Ball in LeBron James' hands. With the Milwaukee Bucks clinging to a two-point lead against the Los Angeles Lakers, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo read the play. Defending James, ...

IT’S long been seen as the bastion of geeks and brainiacs but the world of chess has had its fair share of shocking scandals. One of the most infamous episodes in the game, the ‘sex toy’ conspiracy, ...

It seems appropriate Jamie Ding’s historic Jeopardy! run was ended by a challenger from Philadelphia. During his 31-game ...

“Every conversation I have about chess leads to anal beads,” grandmaster Hans Niemann says with a resigned, embarrassed shrug. Unless you’re a chess nerd, this story will be new to you, but this ...