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To the average lonely heart, Bobby Fischererstwhile chess champion, virulent anti-Semite, and fugitive from the U.S. justice systemmight not sound like Mr. Right. But to hear Miyoko Watai tell it, ...

On the other end of the phone line, a teaspoon is clinking against a glass. Hip-hop icon The GZA is ready to talk about his favorite game in the world: chess. “Everything is based on mathematics,” he ...

In the closing sequence of “The Queen’s Gambit,” the chess-playing heroine, Beth Harmon, defeats her archrival Vasily Borgov at the Moscow Invitational. The next day she impulsively skips her flight ...

Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" has been a huge hit, becoming the top-rated show on the platform practically everywhere. In the series, Anya Taylor-Joy plays Elizabeth Harmon, the charismatic orphan ...

David Bradley spends most weekends engaged in intense chess matches with his 15-year-old daughter, Zoe. They stare at the board for hours and plot their next moves, consumed by a new shared pastime.