In one corner stood the challenger, an angular weirdo from Brooklyn known for gracelessness, ingratitude and avarice. He had just devastated a trio of international grandmasters and was primed to take ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has ignited a firestorm in the chess world, openly challenging the leadership of FIDE President ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was ...

In the summer of 1972, Henry Kissinger made a clandestine phone call. President Richard M. Nixon’s adviser wasn’t calling a head of state or ringing a diplomat. He instead phoned the American chess ...

It’s easy to understand why the 1972 chess “match of the century” between American Bobby Fischer and his Soviet opponent, Boris Spassky, was so closely and widely watched. During the Cold War, events ...

Michael Mayer’s direction ensures a seamless flow of storytelling, while Lorin Latarro’s choreography elevates the musical numbers to breathtaking heights. The original orchestrations by Anders Eljas, ...

When the Taliban caught Haji Shirullah, a Kabul businessman, playing chess in his office with his brother they burnt the chessboard and the pieces. “They put us in jail for two days,” he recalled with ...

This article was submitted in response to the call for ideas issued by the co-chairs of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Eric Schmidt and Robert Work. It addresses the ...