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Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore ...
At the recent Art at the Capitol event, UH English teacher Cornelius Rubsamen won 20 simultaneous chess matches in an ...
When Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, in which Anya Taylor Joy plays a young chess prodigy, became a surprise hit of 2020, it propelled its star into the pop culture mainstream. And chess suddenly became ...
Watch this artist bring a luxury chess set to life—entirely made from epoxy resin! ♟️✨ From pouring crystal-clear resin into ...
Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has officially broken the Guinness World Record ...
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But now Tucson is home to a free way to digitize those old home movies and photos that you know you cherish but wish you had on your phone or computer. In late March, the Wildcats Memory Lab ...
Those icons are Cyclops and Magneto, once again played by James Marten and Ian McKellen, and you can check it out in the photos here (via @TeeCeeComics). McKellen is wearing part of his Magneto ...
Even experts who are more hesitant to assign a cause to the bond sell-off say geopolitical factors are hard to ignore ... to avoid making important money moves out of fear.
“It’s a blessing for us, we fought hard and this is the best game that I saw my team play. It was an exclamation point, a statement win.” With the short series knotted at one game apiece ...
Getty Images “Take what’s needed for the US ... moonshots and political chess moves that matter most to NYC’s power players (and those who aspire to be). Fittingly, the first flight takes ...