Ho Math Chess at Home started in 1995 when Frank Ho, a math teacher in Canada, taught his son chess. Mr. Ho became fascinated by the relationship between math and chess and built his franchise to help ...

The FINANCIAL — At times math teachers use a legend,“mathematics in the game of chess”, as an introduction to Exponential Functions.Theoriginal mythtells of amathematician in Indiawho invented the ...

In most two-player games, it is generally better to win the toss and go first. And if you are sharing a pizza with someone and want to have a larger portion, it’s usually better to grab the first ...

Most games that pit two players or teams against each other require one of them to make the first play. This results in a built-in asymmetry, and the question arises: Should you go first or second?

Research has shown that chess players tend to have higher cognitive abilities. But does this mean that chess instruction improves cognitive abilities? Mathematical problem-solving ability in ...

I do watch TV -- perhaps more than I should. I've been watching "The Twilight Zone" -- the really old one -- on Netflix. I got interested because of my father, who's into sci-fi. I'm into sci-fi ...

Imagine someone who cheats. He might be a poker player, someone with hidden cameras to watch other people’s cards. Or maybe she’s an athlete who secretly takes performance enhancing drugs. One thing ...

In a typically graceful post, Roger Ebert wonders how prodigious genius, particularly in math, chess, or music, rises so early from the brain: It may be that among the countless cells in our brains a ...

Alexie Espinal, 20, of Danbury, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to three felony charges earlier this year. Trio played key role in CT kidnapping plot tied to $245M ...