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Displaying all articles tagged:
Chess
games
May 21, 2024
Chess Brat: Hans Niemann, One Year After the Cheating Scandal
The grandmaster has been kinda-sorta vindicated. So how is he more disliked than ever?
By
Jen Wieczner
rage against the machines
July 24, 2022
Who Will Save Us From the Russian Chess Robots?
A robot grabbed and broke a kid’s finger during their chess match at a tournament in Moscow last week.
By
Chas Danner
June 20, 2016
Facebook Has Secret Games Hidden in Messenger — Here’s How to Play Them
Soccer, basketball, chess.
By
Christine Nguyen
intergalactic politics
Dec. 7, 2015
Chess Leader Steps Down Due to Sanctions
The U.S. may not have gotten rid of Assad yet, but the country’s sanctions did get rid of … this eccentric chess president who knows him.
By
Jaime Fuller
chess
Aug. 5, 2015
Bill Clinton Talked to Trump About GOP Politics
This happened months before the candidate tweeted that Hillary Clinton “knows Trump is her worst nightmare.”
By
Jaime Fuller
cruzin’ for a bruisin’
Sept. 29, 2013
Ted Cruz Might Not Know How to Set Up a Chess Board
Or maybe he is trying to send some kind of message.
By
Caroline Bankoff
things that hopefully won’t make us sad
June 6, 2013
Brooklyn School’s Famous Chess Program in Danger of Gutting
As part of $130 million in city childcare funding.
By
Adam Martin
white men with money
Sept. 30, 2011
Being Good at Chess May or May Not Make You Rich
Hedge funds are the new chess club.
By
Noreen Malone
libya zero hour
Aug. 24, 2011
Qaddafi’s Endgame: Was His Hyped Chess Game Faked?
“He doesn’t look like he’s using his chess skills effectively.”
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
crimes and misdemeanors
Nov. 18, 2010
City Lures Chess Players Into Playground, Tickets Them for Being in Playground
Check … mate.
By
Dan Amira