This chess set features geometric pieces, inspired by Emmanuel Radnitzky's (better known ... Dice cups have been used since ...

Which came first to the designers of chess: the rules or the metaphor? It feels impossible to prise the system from the story: a military battle between two monarchs, each with perfectly ...

More than twelve thousand fans descended on Portland last weekend to celebrate 20 years of Kumoricon, Oregon’s largest ...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Sunday said that it is still too early to say that India and China’s ...

There are two main differences with Western chess. First, not only pawns but almost every piece can promote if it reaches the opponents ... Traditional game from ancient India was brought to the UK in ...

With the advent of international chess tournaments in the Victorian era, it became clear that a standard size and shape for the ancient game's 32 pieces was required. It was Nathaniel Cook's ...

Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington cross swords in Ridley Scott's stirring return to ancient Rome ...

In the High Atlas Mountains, the sandstone citadel of the Unesco-listed Kasbah Aït Benhaddou appears to grow out of the rocky ...

Bibek Debroy, a renowned scholar and polymath, passed away at 69. Notable for translating Indian scriptures like the Mahabharata and Ramayana, he contributed significantly to economics and public ...

Ridley Scott’s return to the world of gladiatorial combat with Gladiator II is nothing short of a cinematic triumph. This isn ...