For all the visible and invisible barriers that impede women in chess, smoke is not one that comes readily to mind. Knowing the wide gulf that exists between the genders in the sport, imagine male ...

LONDON — What could be a better memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, than a pod of faintly psychedelic giant lily pads? Perhaps a big bronze tree or a recording ...

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