Satish Pawar was part of Yerawada prison medal-winning teams at intercontinental prison tournament, prepares to improve ranking while out on bail ...

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

There was no Kasparov or Deep Blue — just four college kids taking on 55 murderers, rapists and kidnappers. On Friday, Princeton chess club members Brandon Ashe '04, Jonathan Heckman '04, Ian Prevost ...

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

"Chess" stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher reflect on reviving the infamous Broadway show and how it resonates in today’s world.

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

In 1996, a computer -- IBM's Deep Blue -- won a game against world champion chess player Garry Kasparov. But Kasparov won ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s been nearly 30 years since chess champion Garry Kasparov ...

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

Here's a statistical challenge worthy of a grandmaster: How do you create an accurate ranking system when the best players usually don't win? This is the conundrum of elite chess. The stronger the ...

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...