8+ hour, 3+ min ago  (243+ words) Next time you're playing Scrabble, you can put down "schmutz," "schtum" or even "tuchus" without fear of being challenged. ("Tuchuses," the plural, is also acceptable.) These are just some of the new Yiddish words to be added to Merriam-Webster's "Official…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1106+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 750 Susan Polgar would go to the ends of the earth to raise awareness of the game of chess. There was the event in Florida where she played 326 matches simultaneously, setting a world record. And there was…...

6+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (523+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 746 AP " Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina,…...