For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away from ...

Viewers are flocking to games during the pandemic, entranced by a charismatic grandmaster and his lightning-fast play. Nearly all of the chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s 528,000 followers on Twitch ...

On a recent afternoon, thousands of noncombatants watched from the sidelines as their general ordered his troops across the battlefield and became locked in a fierce duel with the enemy. At one point, ...