The renowned French opera composer François-André Danican Philidor produced over 20 operas in the mid to late 18th century.

If you scrunch your eyes up just as an offensive line sets for a play, the outlines of the players look like chess pieces being moved around the board by some invisible hand. Some run in the ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice.

The Chess by the Numbers model gives Carlsen a 98.5 percent chance to retain his title and cement his status as the greatest of all time. The match rests tomorrow, and Game 9 begins Tuesday at 7: ...