It was a double Dutch treat that gave GM Anish Giri a breakthrough win in his home country's signature tournament at the 85th Tata Steel Masters tournament that concluded Sunday in the coastal Netherlands' village of Wijk aan Zee. Published January 31, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will proceed with a planned trip to Israel and the Palestinian-controlled West Bank despite an outburst of violence that has racked the region the last two days, the State Department said Friday. Published January 28, 2023
A deadly Israeli military raid Thursday in the occupied West Bank killed nine suspected Palestinian militants and sent regional tensions soaring ahead of a planned visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the region in the coming days. Published January 26, 2023
Chess is said to boost math skills and logical thinking, but our favorite game may work best as a tool for teaching geography. Published January 24, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a key ally from his new Cabinet, bowing to a ruling from the Israeli Supreme Court after days of temporizing. Published January 22, 2023
Germany found itself under intense and growing pressure Sunday as the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz weighed whether to authorize the shipment of its coveted Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine. Published January 22, 2023
Germany said Friday it needed more time to decide whether to let its coveted Leopard 2 battle tanks be sent to Ukraine, putting off pleas from the government in Kyiv and disappointing U.S. and NATO allies eager to bolster Ukraine's forces against a possible new Russian advance. Published January 20, 2023
The most romantic of chess openings doesn't get many dates these days. Published January 17, 2023
It's a new year, and for a chess columnist that means a whole bunch of anniversaries and milestones to celebrate in 2023. Published January 10, 2023
It's the equivalent of the Grand Slam or Triple Crown of chess, and Magnus Carlsen has just done it for a hard-to-believe third time. Published January 3, 2023
The Wisconsin lawmaker expected to be the new House Republican point man on China voiced fresh concerns Sunday about TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media site that has become wildly popular with America's youth but which many see as a major security danger. Published January 1, 2023
Outgoing conservative populist President Jair Bolsonaro has abruptly flown out of Brazil, just two days before his rival and leftist successor, President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was set to take office. Published December 30, 2022
It is that time of year again when we start looking for that star out of the East. Right now, we have a whole constellation full of them. Published December 27, 2022
While supporting Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, many of the bloggers have emerged as among the harshest domestic critics of the Kremlin's prosecution of the war. Published December 21, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is traveling to Washington perhaps as soon as Wednesday for talks with Biden administration officials and an address to Congress on the state of the 10-month war with Russia, according to multiple news reports. Published December 20, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is traveling to Washington perhaps as soon as Wednesday for talks with Biden administration officials and an address to Congress on the state of the 10-month war with Russia, according to multiple news reports. Published December 20, 2022
The DMV represented, and the future of American chess is blindingly bright. That's two easy conclusions in the wake of the U.S. Chess Federation's record-shattering 2022 National K-12 Grade Championships, held Dec. 9-11 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Published December 20, 2022
In Washington, the move to curb U.S. operations of the Chinese-controlled social media site is gaining new adherents every day, with both conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats expressing concern the popular platform represents a major security risk. Published December 18, 2022
Frank Pavone, a leading U.S. Catholic voice against abortion and founder of the group Priests for Life, has been defrocked on direct orders from the Vatican for disobeying his superiors and "blasphemous" comments on social media. Published December 18, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is digging in and not looking for a cease-fire deal with Ukraine despite many battlefield reverses, CIA Director William Burns said in an interview over the weekend. Published December 18, 2022
