‘Chess’ to Close Early on Broadway, Timed to Lea Michele’s Exit in June

Chess” will close early on Broadway, with the buzzy revival ending its run on June 21. Although Lea Michele was scheduled to ...

‘Chess’ To Close Early On Broadway Next Month With Departure Of Lea Michele

Chess, the Broadway musical revival, will close June 21, three months earlier than expected and the final performance of star ...

The NBA’s Western Conference final is a chess match, with Tuesday’s Game 5 a turning point in series

Fast forward to now, where the Spurs and Oklahoma City are playing a different form of chess – the Western Conference final, ...

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

When The Mandalorian fights alongside Rotta the Hutt in a gladiator arena in the latest Star Wars movie, the event is called ...
The Caledonian-Record

World Strategy League Builds an Accessible Online Arena for Chess, Strategy Games, and Training

An emerging browser-based platform brings chess, puzzles, ranked play, and a growing strategy-game ecosystem under a single roof - with a focus on accessibility, fair competition, and learning.
CNET

Duolingo Chess Players Soon Can Play Matches With Others

Chess instruction launches on Android phones, and Duolingo customers with iPhones will soon be able to play chess against each other. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content ...
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 ...
Time

I’m a Chess Champion. Here’s Why I Play Chess Against ChatGPT

Large language models (LLMs) are bad at chess. And yet, as a three-time National Chess Champion and a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, I love to play against them. Not because they push me to ...
MM&M

Making Brands Stick: VCCP’s CHESS moves to create work that works

What makes a healthcare brand stick? In this episode, VCCP Health unpacks CHESS moves: Character, Humor, Emotion, Surprise and Sonic Branding, and how they help brands move beyond awareness to become ...
TechSpot

AI has mastered chess, so humans are changing the rules of the game

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest player in history. However, it cannot replace him. These super-strong platforms ...
USA Today

Magnet chess game sold on Amazon, Etsy recalled for serious injury risk

A magnet chess game is being recalled due to a risk of serious injury or death from magnetic ingestion, according to a recall notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Kluster Fun ...
IGN

Fortnite Adding Ability to Create Your Own Star Wars Games This Week

Fortnite will finally allow creators to make their own officially-licensed Star Wars minigames, beginning this week. The ability to create Star Wars-themed games within Fortnite has long been promised ...