C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent ...

“Chess is war over the board. The objective is to crush the opponent’s mind,” said Bobby Fischer. Chaturanga, the ancient chess game in India, depicted the four arms of the army. The ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

This is not just a testament to their individual brilliance but also a reflection of how far Indian chess has come as a collective force," Sreekar Channapragada, an avid chess follower and co ...

Indian president Droupadi Murmu honoured D Gukesh, the youngest world chess champion, with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. At 18, Chennai-born Gukesh stunned everyone and won the World ...

Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date back to as far as 1.5 million years ago. The ancient lake that has long been home to all of these hand axes offers a peak into the ...

Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes Sonja Anderson A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy ...

Archaeologists Find a Rare, 1,000-Yr-Old Game Collection and a Well-Preserved Chess Knight Piece Carved From Antlers In 2024, ...

And that, he told them, could be done through chess, an ancient game of strategy believed to have originated in India. Soon, people engrossed over a chess board became a common sight across the ...

The 18-year-old Indian, who took the crown last month from China’s Ding Liren, defeated the Netherlands No 1 Anish Giri in the opening round of Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, the “chess Wimbledon”.

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

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