A small dusty pouch dangles from the carrier of Satish Pawar’s motorcycle. Inside is a roll-up chessboard and plastic pieces. Pawar, 31, who has a FIDE (as the international chess federation is called ...

Organizers of Boston’s new Chess for Peace program are using one of history’s oldest board games to teach kids important life skills.

The prison’s sprawling complex essentially functioned as its own community, featuring everything from a classroom and library ...

Prisoners were caught with everything from cigarettes and cellphones to narcotics and makeshift weapons in the 54 contraband ...

The skill gap between a chess master and a casual player can be enormous, and it often shows within just a few moves. Masters recognize patterns instantly, develop pieces efficiently, and punish ...

On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the ...

Sure, there's been a bit of a revival thanks to the "BookTok" phenomenon, but by and large the average person would rather ...

A Wexford businessman has been jailed for two years for his role in a substantial fraud. A daughter of the accused was in court as the man, aged in his 50s, was sentenced to two years in prison by ...

What started as a casual game quickly turned into a surprisingly intense chess battle when a confident 10-year-old challenger sat down at the board. At first it looked like a simple matchup, but the ...

Business negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba), who was the one to help put an end to the crisis on the plane in Season 1, is ...

Hijack Season 2 started off with a twist: Business negotiator Sam Nelson ( Idris Elba ), who was the one to help put an end ...

There’s nothing better than thinking of the perfect, most brilliant comeback for someone else’s snarky remark. But there’s ...