INDIANAPOLIS (Army News Service, Dec. 2, 2010) -- In the U.S. Army, infantry is known as the "Queen of Battle," and artillery is known as the "King of Battle." Recently, one Soldier was able to ...

Chess is typically traced back some 1,500 years, to an Indian game called chaturanga, supposedly created to simulate military ...

The squad had been unraveling. After the death of medic Wade, the men capture a German soldier responsible. Some, like Private Reiben, want him executed.

Chess can be a form of cultural diplomacy, a symbol of non-violent conflict resolution, and a platform for dialogue and understanding between people and nations. Chess is its own universal language.

As bombs fell around her, an international network of chess friends rescued rising star Kamila Hryshchenko from Kramatorsk and brought her to the UK. Now she plays for England.