chess

A Nigerian chessmaster’s worst fear was the 2 a.m. cold, but he did it to spread chess around the world.

The Machine is about much more than an ancient board game; it's about blinding ambition and sleepless obsession, and, on a more compelling level, our species' headlong rush to create technology that surpasses our ability to control it.

Brooklyn Middle School chess players faced off against high school students in the national championships, and handed their asses to them.

(via) Pawn takes rook, check mate! As everyone had hoped those

lizzard_nyc's flickr Great news summons aficionados: those outlaw chess players who

lizzard_nyc's flickr This past week, it was reported that police had

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A. Strakey's flickr We've long maintained that chess is one of

Season two of Thirteen's New York on the Clock has arrived, and

Rap artist RZA, who is a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, has