On an uncharacteristically warm November evening, a preeminent Harvard statistician sat at a small round table in his office, across from an equally-accomplished colleague in the mathematics ...

The second game in the Professional Chess Association world championship between title holder Garry Kasparov and challenger Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw after 29 moves yesterday. The first game ...

“Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be!” If you ask a chess player to elucidate this inspiring quote ...

Defending champion Garri Kasparov outplayed challenger Anatoly Karpov in the crucial middle game Wednesday and appeared poised to win the second match of their World Chess Championship. After ...