In the world of team chess, the East is a beast
Congratulations to “Another Bacon, Egg and Cheese,” the colorfully named team that just won this year’s U.S. Amateur Team East tournament, annually the biggest team event (by a country mile) held in...
View ArticleBoth sides say Joe Biden out of touch with premature cease-fire talk
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.President Biden has...
View ArticleCuba accuses U.S. of inventing spy threat with ex-envoy's guilty plea
Cuba's foreign minister is accusing the U.S. government of manufacturing an espionage threat in order to justify higher intelligence budgets and "new aggressive steps" against other countries — just...
View ArticleGligoric Trophy winners display the sporting side of chess
He was a grandmaster and a gentleman, which is not as rare a combination as some would have you believe.The late, great Yugoslavian star Svetozar Gligoric was not just one of the best player his...
View ArticleChess: Rameshbasu Praggnanandhaa, or 'Pragg," impresses in Prague ahead of...
The men’s and women’s Candidates tournaments — after a few dicey visa issues for the Russian and Indian entrants — are set to begin less than a month from today in Toronto. At stake when the clocks...
View ArticleProtesters adopt tactic of late Navalny to register protest to Vladimir Putin...
He died in Vladimir Putin's jails a month before the vote, but late opposition leader Alexei Navalny will still play a role Sunday as Russians complete three days of voting that are all but certain to...
View ArticleKey U.S. base in question as Niger's junta repudiates military ties
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.One of the Pentagon's...
View ArticleBenjamin Netanyahu denounces Chuck Schumer's call for elections as rift...
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.Israeli Prime...
View ArticlePutin claims win in presidential election dismissed as undemocratic by West
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.In an election...
View ArticleA divided world makes for a divided chess landscape
The good news: The Aeroflot Open, long one of the world's strongest annual Swiss tournaments, was held again in Moscow this month after a four-year, COVID-linked hiatus.The less-good news: The field...
View ArticleRussia upgrades to 'war' from 'special military operation' in Ukraine
The Kremlin is conceding for the first time that its invasion of Ukraine launched more than two years ago and which has generated hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides is, in fact, a...
View ArticleNetanyahu recalls delegation to Washington after U.S. lets U.N. cease-fire...
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.The rift between...
View ArticleLisa Lane, trailblazer for U.S. women's chess and Sports Illustrated cover...
Her career was as impressive as it was improbable.Lisa Lane, who passed away Feb. 28 at the age of 90, was a fierce competitor at the chessboard, a two-time U.S. women's champion in 1959 and 1966 and a...
View ArticleSingapore sends team to help probe Baltimore bridge disaster; crew dropped...
Singapore maritime officials have dispatched investigators to Baltimore to assist in the probe of a Singapore-flagged cargo ship that lost power and crashed into the port's Francis Scott Key Bridge...
View ArticleChess candidates you can get excited about this election year
There are multiple intriguing storylines to pursue as the FIDE Candidates and Women's Candidates tournaments start their clocks this week in Toronto — the first time the events staged to pick the next...
View ArticleBiden tells Netanyahu humanitarian situation in Gaza 'unacceptable'
President Biden delivered a blunt message Thursday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: America's patience with its ally's campaign against Hamas terrorists in Gaza is not infinite.Mr. Biden...
View ArticleIran says Israeli embassies could be targeted after Syria consulate attack
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.Iran stepped up its...
View ArticleHikaru Nakamura rocked by early chess loss as Candidates battle in Toronto
American GM Hikaru Nakamura picked a bad time to play a bad game.Along with fellow U.S. GM Fabiano Caruana, Nakamura was considered among the favorites as the FIDE Candidates and Women's Candidates...
View ArticleCandidates battle to the end in Toronto with chess title shot on the line
The fields are rounding the final turn at both the FIDE World Championship Candidates Tournament and the FIDE Women's World Championship Candidates Tournament now being played in Toronto, and it's...
View ArticleAmerican heartbreak as Gukesh, Tan conquer the Candidates Tournaments
A teen superstar from India and an ex-world champ looking for redemption were the big winners at FIDE's Open and Women's Candidates Tournaments that wrapped up Sunday in Toronto, while two of America's...
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