The newest festival to hit New Orleans is dedicated to one of the oldest games: chess. Long a storied city in chess, New Orleans was home to 19th-century chess genius Paul Morphy, and today it boasts ...
In Dan Starbuck Pelletier’s program, the only kings and pawns in the room move on a black-and-white checkerboard. The playing field that exists outside the room is leveled to make way for the world’s ...