In Quick Peaks we offer hot takes on games that are new to us. This week we have Ludos: Ancient Games of Asia, Railways of ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to ...

With the rise of AI and chatbots like ChatGPT, you might think that it would have no problem beating Deep Blue in a round of chess, let alone going up against an Atari 2600 to play a game using ...

This month’s world chess championship won’t feature five-time winner Magnus Carlsen, ... more exciting version of the ancient game. ...

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.

C hess is an ancient game. A slow and cerebral pursuit, favored by philosophers and thinkers, it demands patience, poise, and caution. Bullet chess is none of those things.

Magnus Carlsen has a vision to transform the ancient game of chess. The grandmaster, a contender to be the greatest player in history, is convinced that a revamped version complete with heart rate ...

Perhaps it’s because chess is an ancient game, played by the Anglo-Saxon people whose culture Tolkien was riffing on when he created the horse-lords of the Rohirrim.

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...