Idina Menzel & Josh Groban to Star in ‘Chess’ Musical UK Concert? Sunday, January 6, 2008; Posted: 3:46 PM – by BWW News Desk Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent and Disney’s Enchanted) is rumored to star opposite recording-artist Josh Groban...
White and Red
Only pawns in their game? Steven Poole cautions against Daniel Johnson’s cartoon view of Soviet grandmasters as mere political agents in White King and Red Queen Saturday January 5, 2008The Guardian White King and Red Queen: How the Cold...
No do-over in life
By Adam Leechaleech@seacoastonline.comhttp://www.seacoastonline.com/December 24, 2007 6:00 AM PORTSMOUTH — Although Ted Alex and his family still do not have closure, three years after his 28-year-old son Jeremy disappeared in the Maine wilderness, something undeniably positive has come from the...
Invaluable life lessons through chess
December 24, 2007 12:00 AMProtecting the Queen Chess provides an invaluable opportunity to teach life lessons.By Jim Pemberton It was only fitting that I would play chess with my daughters. Long before I became a father in 1999, chess...
Chess Headline on December 22, 1935
CHESS WINS ADHERENTS; Crowning New Champion Arouses Interest in New York CirclesBy CHARLES N. LURIEDecember 22, 1935, Sunday Section: RESORTS-STEAMSHIPS TRAVEL-AVIATION AUTOMOBILES-SCIENCE BRIDGE-HOBBIES-RADIO CHESS has a new world’s champion, and devotees of the game are discussing the upset of...
No steroid needed in chess
Drugs and sports The steroid report on baseball is just the latest blow, and it makes you wonder whether there is any sport left in the world where the competitors are completely free from drugs to boost what they...
Fan of Wii? Chess is coming to a Wii near you!
Would you like to play a game of chess on Wii? New details have emerged about the new Wii Chess title, and it’s not going to be as drab as it may have originally appeared. According to CVG, it’s...
Looking for heroes in all the wrong places
Editorial: Looking for heroes in all the wrong placesTHE HERALD’S VIEWThe Monterey County HeraldArticle Last Updated: 12/14/2007 02:06:17 AM PST Thursday’s baseball bombshell was sort of good news for San Francisco Giants fans and anyone else who tried to...
Chess unites people
Friday, December 07, 2007Area chess club unites young, oldBy Kevin Caufield Frank Westphal walked into the Burger King in Oglesby looking for a challenge, but didn’t want to get embarrassed either. Once a good chess player in his military...
Chinese Power
Chinese ChessGabriel Schoenfeld – 10.3.2007 – 11:52AM“Are We Ready for China?” That is the title of Aaron Friedberg’s characteristically provocative essay in the October COMMENTARY. Friedberg, who teaches politics at Princeton and was from 2003 to 2005 a key...