When Bianca Mitchell-Avila was 16 years old, she had an idea for the documentary that became "Madwoman's Game." ...

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What looked like a normal chess game did not stay balanced for long. She took control early, kept the pressure building, and finished the game before he ever had time to recover. By move 26, the ...

The young chess player reached instinctively toward his threatened king, scanning the board for safe haven — until his instructor stepped in with a question. “If you move your king out of check, what ...