Duchamp Gave Up Art for Chess. At MoMA, He Inspires a New Gambit.

Susan Polgar, a chess grandmaster, will be playing 50 artists, critics and fans of Marcel Duchamp at the same time, in honor ...

ChatGPT can now control your whole desktop. I tested it with chess

ChatGPT's new computer-use mode can control your mouse and apps. I tested it by asking it to play chess and write a journal ...

Alan Carr’s Picture Slam returns with celebrity specials, ‘fast and furious’ rounds, ‘panicking, sweating’ celebs and some ‘real stupid answers’

Alan is welcoming celebrity guests for the first time as the teams battle it out to secure a Super Slam and win £10,000 ...
The Caledonian-Record

World's Top Women Chess Field Announced for 2026 Cairns Cup in Saint Louis

One of the world's strongest women's super-tournaments returns to Saint Louis this summer as the 2026 Cairns Cup welcomes 10 of the world's top women chess players to compete for a $250,000 prize fund ...
The Coast

Talberon Games proves video game development is still alive in Halifax

If you were only to look at the presence of multinational corporate video game developers in Halifax, you might consider the ...

House of the Dragon star Steve Toussaint breaks down Corlys and Rhaenyra’s ‘explosive’ showdown

Corlys had a simple favour to ask of Rhaenyra – and she deniedhim (Picture: HBO) Warning: spoilers ahead for House of the ...
BBC

Rest your best or go strong? Norway face questions as Haaland left out

It was billed as a World Cup Golden Boot showdown between France superstar Kylian Mbappe and Norway goal machine Erling Haaland. In the end Haaland started on the bench and it quickly turned into the ...

NYC mayor on being a nationally ranked chess player

NYC mayor on being a nationally ranked chess player. Video, 00:01:18NYC mayor on being a nationally ranked chess player Up Next. 'Chess is intense and mentally exhausting' Video, 00:02:07'Chess is ...
Wired

The Best Smart Chess Boards

Playing chess can be challenging, fun, and at times frustrating. Garry Kasparov called the game “mental torture.” With virtually limitless possibilities, chess offers unparalleled depth, and you could ...
Indiatimes

Norway Chess: R Praggnanandhaa becomes first Indian to raid Magnus Carlsen's backyard, win historic title

NEW DELHI: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, what have you done?Just this Thursday, Norway's national football team came up with an avant-garde Viking-themed photoshoot with their squad destined for the ...
IGN

Yes, The Mandalorian and Grogu Gladiator Scene Pulls From an Iconic Star Wars Moment

But setting all that aside, one thing that did stand out to me both as something worth explaining and being a microcosm of the film’s problems is the scene where Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin, aka The ...
Wall Street Journal

The College-Admissions Chess Game Is More Complicated Than Ever

For high-school seniors across the country, May 1 is the denouement of a college-admissions chess game that has become more complicated than ever. Friday—the deadline for students to tell colleges ...