T his is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins. A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a ...

Children from New York schools are consistently winning national chess championships, and programs dedicated to teaching ...

When most people think of chess, they picture elderly gentlemen hunched over boards in the park, contemplating their next ...

On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed ...

A Canadian journalist’s book analyses an ecosystem proliferated by genius, prodigies, oddballs and eccentrics, all of this ...

As a 10-year-old, he learned chess at a church in Greece. On Sundays, he'd attend service. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays ...

Javokhir Sindarov’s preparation during the Chess World Cup were leaked online but the Uzbek Grandmaster has remained nonchalant about the prep leak.

London: Chess, a so-called "game of kings", proved a great equaliser during the medieval era by celebrating intellectual prowess irrespective of race, a University of Cambridge study has claimed. In ...

Antivirals given for chronic hepatitis B include nucleos(t)ide analog monotherapy and pegylated interferon-alpha therapy, but the safety of interferon in patients with cirrhosis has been unclear. A ...

In 1965, a group of Israeli amateurs shocked the Soviet chess elite, securing a moral victory in the Cold War arena. The "Miracle in Sinaia" remains a powerful symbol of Israeli resilience.

"Exercise your brain," experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia . But how? Stretching your brain might be the ...