chess
Why the U.S. Women's Chess Champion Refuses to Play in Iran
In February 2017, the Women’s World Chess Championship will be held in Iran. The U.S. champion, Nazi Paikidze-Barnes, will not be there.
'Really Bad Chess' Is a Really Fun Insult to Chess
“It's impossible to argue from a formalist standpoint that Really Bad Chess is good.”
Speakers in the House: Can Washington, DC Be a New Capital for Rap?
The DMV is finally developing a substantial hip-hop scene, and its sound, once defined purely by go-go, is evolving in the internet era.
The Chess Engine that Died So AlphaGo Could Live
Google DeepMind's Go engine is being praised for its "intuition." But everyone seems to have forgotten AlphaGo's predecessor, Giraffe.
Marcel Dzama's Most Incredible Thing | The Process
How Dzama's admiration of chess-loving Marcel Duchamp and a variety of other diverse inspirations brought Hans Christian Andersen's 146-year-old ballet to life.
Gabe 'Nandez' Video for "Something" Showcases Montreal's Grit and Glam
'Nandez is either playing chess with your girl in his penthouse or trapping in the cut.
Exploring Bobby Fischer's Maniacal, Racist Genius
The new Hollywood biopic, 'Pawn Sacrifice,' fails to portray the chaotic fuckery of a life lived by Bobby Fischer, the century's greatest chess player and one of American history's most unwieldy oddballs.
Queens of Brooklyn: The NYC Girls Dominating Youth Chess
In this VICE Sports exclusive, we meet some of the girls from Brooklyn's Intermediate School 318 chess team to follow their journey to the U.S. Girls National Chess Championship as they prove that girls can play chess - and win.
The Hidden Language of Chess Players
In chess as in life, sometimes you're just a patzer caught in a zugzwang.
We Talked to the Former Bank Robber who Once Escaped Prison in a Helicopter
In 1999, John Killick was busted out of Sydney's Silverwater Prison in a helicopter by his girlfriend, Lucy Dudko. They were both caught and John was released again last month. We talked about helicopters, chess, and freedom.
The Slow Race to Solve Chess
Can an algorithm deliver a definitive solution to the problem of a chess game?