Netflix released the trailer for limited series “The Queen’s Gambit” on Thursday, showing the struggle Anya Taylor-Joy’s Beth Harmon faces as she tries to conquer the male-dominated world of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Super Grandmaster Wesley So officially ended the hopes of those who wished to see him represent the Philippines again when he ...

In the middle of "Saving Private Ryan," as tension among the squad reaches a boiling point, Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) does something unexpected. He reveals who he was before the war. "I'm a ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice. In the summer of 1972, the world's attention was ...

During a postcollege stint as a blackjack dealer in Atlantic City, freelance writer Hallman discovered the chess community that thrives in dealer lounges. There he met 39-year-old chess master Glenn ...

It was the Miracle in Iceland — with a heavy dose of crazy. In 1972, at the height of the Cold War — and some eight years before the United States men’s hockey team stunned the Soviet Union national ...

Like its predecessor, 2021 was challenging. From global lockdowns and COVID variants to natural disasters and widening political divisions, it's easy to wonder where 2022 will take us. But there have ...