When Alekhine lost his title to the Dutchman Max Euwe, he relinquished alcohol, bought a cow and put himself on a regimen of fresh milk. Euwe was a math teacher with a PhD. His reign was short-lived, ...
When you hear the words world chess champion, the familiar faces of Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Garry Kasparov or Bobby Fischer will flash by. Carlsen was the maverick who rose to unimagined ...
So when I saw a life-sized dragon puppet suspended from a treehouse in Hayes Valley, I knew I had to meet its maker. I slipped a note through the gate of the ... By the end of the show, Winslow ...