Learning chess openings isn't about memorizing endless lines — it's about understanding ideas, plans, and how to adapt. From classics like the Ruy Lopez to creative surprises like the Bird’s Opening, ...

Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are continuing on their legendary paths separately. A decade after the athletes met while preparing for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Megan as a member of the U.S. women’s soccer ...

Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe’s split wasn’t the easiest call to predict. In the weeks leading up to the couple’s breakup announcement, both Bird, 45, and Rapinoe, 40, showed little to no signs that ...

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 ...

Industrial leasing specialist Rick Pilch moved to Taft Stettinius & Hollister this week in Atlanta. His move from Alston & Bird strengthens the firm’s real estate practice while being Taft's first ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

The Masters Tournament is all about tradition, and that includes everything down to what the golfers wear during the four days at Augusta National Golf Club. That was on display last year when ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

For more than a decade, the Sinquefield Cup has been a key stop on the Grand Chess Tour, bringing together some of the world’s top players in a competition that helps define the highest level of the ...

American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped. The world’s No. 2 rated player, famous for his talents in speed chess, spent 67 ...

US job openings fell and hiring slowed to the weakest since 2020 in February, pointing to cooler labor demand before the war in Iran triggered additional uncertainty. Vacancies decreased to 6.88 ...

Major League Baseball's Opening Day has arrived. The 2026 regular season kicked off in earnest Thursday with 11 games and plenty of appetizing pitching matchups. The Yankees shut out the Giants in the ...