Not unlike many of the Renaissance families of Italy, the Borgias were power hungry, corrupt, and self-indulgent. But their ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has done it again, clinching both the rapid and blitz titles at the Tata Steel Chess India tournament. Carlsen's victory in Kolkata marks his second double win at ...

PREMIUM Norway’s five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen at the inauguration of the 6th TATA Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Hindustan Times) In a lengthy exclusive ...

Legendary Magnus Carlsen praised three-year-old Anish Sarkar, who became the youngest-rated player in the history of chess. Carlsen had a piece of advice for the toddler, who has taken the world by ...

A local baker named Józef Melzer is credited with the idea of honouring the pious act by creating a pastry when he prayed to St Martin and dreamed that a white horse entered Poznań and lost its ...

“I’d say that the pious is what all the gods love… .” [9e] The pious is loved by the gods because it’s pious. [Premise] “So is [the pious loved by all the gods] because it’s pious or because of ...

Ding Liren’s predecessor on the throne, Magnus Carlsen, has offered some insight into what has gone wrong with the Chinese grandmaster in the past one year. “I think people realise that the World ...

When Charlemagne died in 814, his son, Louis the Pious, succeeded him on the throne. After his death, the Treaty of Verdun confirmed the division of the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms.

Magnus Brunner made it through his hearing in the European Parliament by speaking to both sides of the aisle, dodging tricky questions and lulling the audience with his “no drama” style. The ...