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/PRNewswire/ -- The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF), the leading chess cultural center in the country, announces two, all-new exhibitions – Pawns & Passports:...

A different sort of intellectual activity has been taking place in Camera Stylo.

Why There Are So Few Female Chess Grandmasters Only those of very hard hearts can fail to admire Beth, the heroine of Walter Tevis’s magnificent novel, and now a popular television series,  The Queen’s Gambit. We love the idea of her, a girl who makes good, starting off from very modest beginnings. She overcomes alcohol and drug addictions and rises to the very top of her profession: chess. But Beth’s story raises the question as to why there are so few female champion chess players. At ...

For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has been just as traumatic as a world war. And the hugely successful vaccines are the equivalent of the American tanks. So when do we celebrate our liberation?

Community chess: Garry Kasparov on his move into social gaming Having spent years selling chess to the global public, Garry Kasparov is now marketing his own platform amid a surge in popularity for the sport. Garry Kasparov calls himself “the first knowledge worker to have their job threatened by a machine”. He’s not bitter, however. “We shouldn’t cry over spilled milk.” The grandmaster and former World Chess Champion is talking to The Drum from New York,...

On August 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the Nazi occupation of France was over. “When the last enemy resistance crumbled at the gate to Paris,”

Dans son studio, situé au 5 avenue Pascal-Paoli, une photo en noir et blanc prise à l'argentique trône sur un bureau. Cette photo, c'est celle de la mère de Marvina Scarpellini, une jeune photographe qui, pour son âge, fait preuve d'une grande maturi...

Here are the best Netflix shows and series to watch in April 2021. Everything from reality TV to the next big comedy and top animated shows.

On Aug. 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the Nazi occupation of France was over. “When the last enemy resistance crumbled at the gate to Paris,” the Associated Press reported on that day, “then this heart of France went mad — wildly, violently mad with happiness.” For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has been just as traumatic as a world war. And the hugely successful vaccines are the equivalent of the American tanks. So when...

On August 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the Nazi occupation of France was over. “When the last enemy resistance crumbled at the gate to Paris,” the Associated Press reported on that day, “then this heart of France went mad — wildly, violently mad with happiness.” For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has been just as traumatic as a world war. And the hugely successful ...