The story at the heart of “Checkmate” is a good one, but Ben Mezrich has hustled it into print too quickly. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dylan Loeb McClain has written about chess for 30 years and was the ...

Chess sells. Or at least it fascinates. Its clashes—between young prodigies and seasoned grandmasters, diverging national loyalties and opposing personalities—have inspired fiction, films, a popular ...

Because both companies now have enormous valuations, investors have begun to apply greater scrutiny to the broader financials. OpenAI has come under fire for its $1.4 trillion in data center ...

In July of 2021, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation launched a mysterious campaign to tease a secret project that would debut at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Moscow.After much speculation and the ...

A rare event occurred last week, said Fred Kaplan on Slate: President Trump posted a completely accurate observation on social media. Commenting on Iran’s response to a US ceasefire proposal, he ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Amirhossein Khorgooe / AFP / Getty; Maximillian Mann / The New York Times / Redux; Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty. It’s hard to think of a time when the United States ...

That’s when the pressure really begins. Because Iran doesn’t have a diversified customer base. It has China. When that demand softens—even slightly—the regime feels it immediately. Revenue tightens.

Once again, Burlington won’t suffer fools this summer. The city will celebrate them. Burlington City Arts announced Wednesday it will bring “stupendous street performers, exciting entertainers, and ...

The 18th Festival of Fools is scheduled for July 31 and Aug. 1 in Burlington. The event was initially canceled for 2025 due to financial difficulties but was revived after a local fundraising effort.

The Daily Signal’s Mehek Cooke said President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is forcing both Tehran and Beijing into a corner, calling the strategy “checkmate” during a ...

Bestseller Mezrich (Breaking Twitter) offers a gripping investigation into a 2022 cheating scandal that stunned the competitive chess world. The book opens with the now infamous upset at America’s ...