Penicillin was discovered because a Petri dish was unchecked over the summer of 1928. With this hint in mind please try to find white’s best move.

Taliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which ...

INGLEWOOD — Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman was waiting Thursday for another unexpected move by the Clippers. And why not? In Game 4 of their first-round playoff series, Adelman encountered ...

Here are some fun facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden’s “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700” and interviews with experts ...

Tales of Magnus Carlsen’s memory have always been part of chess folklore. There is a popular anecdote of how, by the time he was six, he had memorised the flags and names of over 200 countries of the ...

Josh Hausauer plays up to 30 chess games online using a high-tech board after decades battling Fahr’s syndrome. Josh Hausauer, 42, of Moorhead has been living with a serious condition called ...

Here’s a look at the facts. TRUMP: “Gasoline was almost $4 not so long ago. And now, Mike, we just hit $1.98 in a lot of states. Think of it.” THE FACTS: As of Tuesday, no state had an ...

Pune, Apr 27 (PTI) India’s Ayush Sharma, Georgia’s Levan Pantsulaia and Russia’s Boris Savchenko were in the joint lead after the ninth round of the third Maharashtra International Open Grandmaster ...

Story continues below this ad Unlike a Gukesh or a Pragg, who hail from chess-loving Chennai, Leon took his first steps in the sport in the small town of Saligao in Goa. But his rise is also testament ...

They began as the top two seeds, and they finished as the top two. Koneru Humpy and Zhu Jiner ended with seven points each after the ninth and final round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix at ...