King Henry VIII was not very fast. Neither was King George III, among others. Power perhaps is fattening or a heavy burden, ...

The lesson this week is that king-pawn endgames often devolve into a race. The fat king usually loses. Reach Eric Morrow at ...

Also, the game's balance may be disturbed if the king has more power, so the game was designed in this way. 2. Which is the weakest chess piece? The pawn is the weakest chess piece. 3. Who is ...

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...