Sep. 24, 2024 09:50 AM EDT
Ivan and Peter Koubek’s father has just died, but neither seems willing to talk much about it, let alone to one another. After all, it’s not like the two brothers are even friends.
Peter, the eldest by a decade, pities his awkward, 22-year-old brother, a competitive chess player...
Aug. 10, 2024 04:08 AM EDT
KANYARUCHINYA, Congo (AP) — Children sit on the dirt, their clothes ragged and torn, their shoes punctured with holes, but their eyes bright and fixed on what's playing out in front of them.
In a corner of a refugee camp in conflict-wracked eastern Congo, about a dozen chess games...