a pawn undertakes the long and arduous journey to the end of the board and is duly rewarded for it’s effort. (Soumya Swaminathan is an International Master and Woman Grandmaster in Chess.

The first machine had a vertical board. Of course ... and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920, the machine got a facelift, although it ...

King Edward I of England (1239-1307), who was also known as the “Hammer of Scots,” neutralized a Scottish leader’s rebellion ...

The English Civil War ended in 1651 when the Royalists lost to the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Worcester. King Charles of Scotland, who led the Royalists, escaped and kept ...

The English Chess Federation (ECF ... women have inferior brains than men then you are no feminist, you are a pawn of the patriarchy”. Arion McNicoll is a freelance writer at The Week Digital ...

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play.