The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

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The start of the year offers ample chance to dive into a good book. From lighthearted reads ... Ivan is a socially awkward, local chess star, while Peter is an extroverted but cynical lawyer.

Buying books is a thrill, but traditional ink-and-paper quickly gobbles up space on your shelves. Fortunately, modern bookworms have come up with modern solutions. The e-reader with an E Ink ...

Chess players were beside themselves when Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi decided to end the FIDE championship in a tie. The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship was played on the night of New ...

Making resolutions is easy. Making them stick? Not so much. That’s why we’ve combed through the newest self-help books to bring you the 12 most useful published now through April. We’ve found advice ...

This is Carlsen's eighth Blitz title (and 18th major chess tournament triumph) while this is Nepomniachtchi first. This meant that serial runner up Nepomniachtchi (three times in Rapid ...

Carlsen won his first two rounds and laughed out loud after he messed up a winning pawn endgame and unwittingly fell for a stalemate trick in his round 3 game against GM Benjamin Bok. Carlsen will ...

Some of these titles, of course, include elements of other genres; in these cases, we’ve made judgment calls as to whether a book skews more “literary” or more “genre” and have placed ...

The Springboks will end the year at No 1 for the sixth time since the World Rugby rankings were introduced in 2003, and the fifth time in the past six years. While John Smit’s Boks had one of their ...

NEW YORK – Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York, after initially quitting following governing body Fide’s decision to bar him ...