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Collegiate Chess League 2023 Summer Season: Bullet and Bughouse Championships Collegiate Chess League 2023 Summer Season: Bullet and Bughouse Championships

The Collegiate Chess League is excited to announce the 2023 summer season following last year's..
Smile and Humor Therapy Smile and Humor Therapy

Chronic stress can cause an imbalance in the neurochemicals that contribute to elevating our mood..
Nisipeanu Returns To Native Romania After 9 Years Nisipeanu Returns To Native Romania After 9 Years

Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu has returned to his native country after nine years playing for..
Physical Exercise Physical Exercise

Many scientific studies have shown that routine exercise and staying physically in shape can..
Ukrainian Surprise In Early Titled Tuesday, Eight-Way Tie In Late Ukrainian Surprise In Early Titled Tuesday, Eight-Way Tie In Late

Titled Tuesday on April 18 featured several storylines beyond GM Tuan Minh Le winning the early..
European Champion Alexey Sarana Transfers To Serbia European Champion Alexey Sarana Transfers To Serbia

Grandmaster Alexey Sarana has become one of the most prolific Russian grandmasters to switch..
Pressure Mounts On Ding After 4th Straight Draw Pressure Mounts On Ding After 4th Straight Draw

GM Ding Liren was able to hold GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to a draw in game 11, the tamest encounter of..
What is the final 8 letter word? What is the final 8 letter word?

Shown below are 3 boxes A, B and CBox A shows 4 rows. Each row has a 3 letter blank. The 3 letters ..
Language Brain Teaser : City Spelling Language Brain Teaser : City Spelling

Braingle's Daily Brain Teaser for Jan 01, 2024 What is the only city with three dotted letters ..
Mental Audio Mental Audio

This exercise will test your ability to recall and recreate sounds in your mind. This stretches..
IQ question - Spades and Clubs inside of boxes IQ question - Spades and Clubs inside of boxes

This is a question from https://international-iq-test.com/Here is my attempt at a solution, though..
Trivia Quiz: Winter Wonderland! Trivia Quiz: Winter Wonderland!

Braingle's Daily Trivia Quiz for Dec 01, 2023 A Music Quiz : How well do you know this song?..
World Champion Carlsen On 'Shocking' Ding Choice, Risky Play, WC Format, & More World Champion Carlsen On 'Shocking' Ding Choice, Risky Play, WC Format, & More

Days before he officially abdicates his title, GM Magnus Carlsen shared some fascinating thoughts..
Nakamura Opens The American Cup With Triple-Pawn Punishment Nakamura Opens The American Cup With Triple-Pawn Punishment

GM Hikaru Nakamura was the sole winner in the open section on the first day of The 2023 American..
Nakamura Blitzes So, Advances To Finals Nakamura Blitzes So, Advances To Finals

GM Hikaru Nakamura is the first player to book his ticket to this year's finals of The American Cup ..
Personal Names Turn Around Personal Names Turn Around

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #8: Cellular AutomataLife is like connecting..
Word of the Day : Turbid Word of the Day : Turbid

tur-bid> adj :: Deficient in clarity or purity. Foggy or muddy.> The water was so turbid that you ..
A Royal Flag Of North A Royal Flag Of North

I'm flag that will always flyHalf-crushed snail, and half-grown fieldAnd a now crushed sun drop in..
Sensory Deprivation Sensory Deprivation

The next time you are going to perform a task such as walking the dog, doing the laundry, or..
Word of the Day : Pertinacious Word of the Day : Pertinacious

per-ti-na-cious> adj. :: Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy;..
Rising From A Loss: Lei Evens The Score Rising From A Loss: Lei Evens The Score

GM Lei Tingjie retaliated vs. GM Tan Zhongyi, winning game two of the final of the FIDE Women's..
Chess Boom Hits New Heights With 1 Billion Games Played In February Chess Boom Hits New Heights With 1 Billion Games Played In February

Back in January, we proclaimed a new chess boom that was so big it was troubling our servers...
Saturdays' Sequences Saturdays' Sequences

0.469281 0.267974 0.333333 0.333333 0.666667 0.499346 0.3333332 2 1 1 2 2 13 2 F 0 0 0 0U P F ..
The Wall Street Journal: 8 Women Accuse Ramirez Of Wrongdoing The Wall Street Journal: 8 Women Accuse Ramirez Of Wrongdoing

Eight women have accused GM Alejandro Ramirez of wrongdoing in an article published by The Wall..
Brain Games – To Go – Sudoku Challenge review Brain Games – To Go – Sudoku Challenge review

Discover the Brain Games - To Go - Sudoku Challenge review and find out why this portable brain..
1000+ Sudoku Puzzle Book for Adults: Easy, Medium, and Hard Sudoku with Detailed Step-by-step.. 1000+ Sudoku Puzzle Book for Adults: Easy, Medium, and Hard Sudoku with Detailed Step-by-step..

Looking for a challenging and entertaining Sudoku book? Check out the 1000+ Sudoku Puzzle Book for..
Large Print Sudoku: Over 200 Puzzles & Solutions review Large Print Sudoku: Over 200 Puzzles & Solutions review

Discover the benefits of Large Print Sudoku! Improve memory, sharpen logic, and reduce stress with..
Colour the positive integers without making a blue equation Colour the positive integers without making a blue equation

This puzzle is related to How do we find the numbers? but has a slightly more striking solution in..
A Queen and her Pawns A Queen and her Pawns

Place a queen and as many pawns as possible on a chessboard so that the queen has just one way of..
Aronian Slays Sicilian Dragon, Assumes Sole Lead Aronian Slays Sicilian Dragon, Assumes Sole Lead

For the first time, the WR Chess Masters 2023 has a sole leader. GM Levon Aronian is in first place ..
Grouped letters Grouped letters

Each of the following sets has something in common; that is, the members of each set are related to ..
True or False II True or False II

For each of the following statements, come up with at least two plausible reasons why they are true...
A Year Of War For Ukrainian Chess Players A Year Of War For Ukrainian Chess Players

One year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war that has been going on much longer than..
Split-Brain Research Split-Brain Research

In split-brain patients, the corpus callosum, which connects the left and right hemispheres of the..
This number sequence has entered my life recently This number sequence has entered my life recently

Just recently, I've noticed this sequence of numbers has become a pretty big part of my life. It..
2023 Pro Chess League Begins With February 1 Qualifier, Main Event February 14 2023 Pro Chess League Begins With February 1 Qualifier, Main Event February 14

The Pro Chess League (PCL) returns on February 1 with a $150,000 prize fund. Don't miss your..
Volcano express – A letter from Gladys Volcano express – A letter from Gladys

Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic..
Ding, Abdusattorov Score First Victories Ding, Abdusattorov Score First Victories

World championship challenger GM Ding Liren and GM Nordirbek Abdusattorov scored the first..
At the theatre through the doors At the theatre through the doors

Inspired by Closed Captioning AvailableWhat movie will I see in the not-too-distant future? I've..
A bit complicated 20 card games v2 A bit complicated 20 card games v2

this is follow up question of A bit complicated 20 card games.As the person who determines the..