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WATERLOO - Alan McGowan first heard about “The Executioner of Berlin” about 50 years ago. That was the nickname for Kurt Richter, a German chess player who was famous for his innovative openings and ...

Jul. 26—HIGH POINT — Sammie Chess Jr., the one-time William Penn High School dropout who returned to school and went on to become the state's first Black Superior Court judge, has died. The ...

I am glad to be married to someone who has beaten a future world champion! - Grandmaster Arthur Kogan on his wife’s defeat of 10-year-old Magnus Carlsen in 2001 Quite aptly the beginning of Chapter 3 ...