once wrote that ‘In chess, bigamy is acceptable, but monarchy is absolute.’ No doubt the king and queen of the game will happily disagree. Zara Tindall is joined by her close companion, and Princess ...

The Bishop can move any number of squares diagonally ... and-white pieces can benefit your children. 1. Why is the king so weak in chess? There is no definite reason for the king being a weak ...

Freestyle Chess, also known as Fischer Random, radically reimagines the game by randomising the placement of back-rank pieces like the king, queen and bishops, leaving pawns untouched. This ...

The English Civil War ended in 1651 when the Royalists lost to the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Worcester. King Charles ...

Chess is a two-player strategy game played on an 8×8 grid known as a chessboard. Each player starts with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.

I lost a friend recently. He died suddenly and unexpectedly at home. He was not only a friend through chess but a very ...

George Foreman has twice been the world’s heavyweight boxing champion. In 1994 at 45 years of age it appeared that Foreman ...

D Gukesh suffered his first defeat since being crowned the youngest world champion in chess history in December, with compatriot Arjun Erigaisi outsmarting him in 31 moves to sign off from the Tata ...