What starts as a normal chess match quickly turns into a brutally honest game of truth and tactics, where every move comes with a deep personal question.

Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess. But to get to where he is now – a self-described “shepherd” for chess in his role as chief chess officer at Chess.com – Rensch has been on quite the life path ...

The goal: to reassert its strategic position against the tightening Islamist bloc.The strike in Doha upended the game. It forced every double-playing actor to choose a side. It exposed Qatar’s facade ...