In terms of equipment, chess and checkers are simple games — just a handful of pieces and a checkered gameboard. The simplicity belies the underlying complexity of the games, though, and goes a long ...

Every year in IT is an ordeal. Budget cutbacks, conflicting priorities, uncooperative business partners, contentious contractors, vendor disputes, skill gaps, disgruntled employees, quarreling teams, ...

Think about the games of chess versus checkers. The checkers player approaches the game in a very straightforward way. All of the pieces look the same and they all have the same abilities. It is like ...

Recently Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports claimed Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was using his position as head coach of Team USA to gain an unfair recruiting advantage. The ...

Harold Shaw of Springfield, Illinois, writes: Marilyn: When I was in the service, a friend tried to teach me how to play chess. Although I was getting better every time we played, I could never beat ...