Philanthropist Jeanne Sinquefield posed a question to a group of Scouts camping on her property in Folk: Would any of them be interested in creating an oversized chess set to be used by the public?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unless you’re Beth Harmon on “Queen’s Gambit” — high on a mix of Librium and unrelenting ambition — then you probably can’t play ...

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Thanks to the megahit Netflix show that follows the trials of a troubled young chess prodigy in the 1960s, the nearly 1500-year-old game of chess is hotter than ever. According to marketing research ...

One rare nonpolarizing event in 2020 was the release of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.” The miniseries about orphaned, struggling chess prodigy Beth Harmon not only captivated audiences, but it also ...