| 单词 | chess piece |
| 例句 | An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard—significantly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had begun to like him on the September afternoon when he first appeared at his cell door carrying a folded chessboard beneath his arm and a Havana cigar box full of chess pieces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One of his pockets was stuffed with a great white kerchief on which he wiped his palm before sweeping his hand over the chosen chess piece with great flourish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z All sixteen black chess pieces stuck out of her mouth like finely carved tumors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Should I have kept her in my bedroom, where she could ruin the carpets? Or in the gaming room, where she might eat the chess pieces and choke?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He appeared to her like a giant chess piece. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Bobby felt that journalists weren’t really interested in how or why he moved the chess pieces, but rather in the scandal, tragedy, and comedy of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My hands balled into fists as he collected the rest of the chess pieces. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexander nodded gravely and offered a chess piece to his brother. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I’m a chess piece. A pawn,” she said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It is a golden chess piece, the kind the gods played with when the gods still lived. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Upon completion of the game, the Referee must immediately remove the chess pieces from the table to prevent analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The captured chess pieces, knights and pawns and bishops, line up on the outskirts of the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Charlie gasped, her eyes became the size of plates, and the chess piece fell out of her mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Tired of letting other people move him around like a chess piece. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The old man’s hands fumbled setting up the chess pieces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I studied each chess piece, trying to absorb the power each contained. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a black chess piece from her pocket and jammed it into her mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He laughed and fired again, and one last tower, one last chess piece, took fire, ignited, and in blue flinders went up to the stars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The night was a blur now; I couldn’t remember any dreams, just flashes of red hair and chess pieces, wisps of violin music. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Reached out and put him there, as you move a chess piece. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the towers of the little clean Martian village, like sharply carved chess pieces lying in the afternoon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie whined and pouted but grabbed the chess piece, scrambled off the bed, and hurried out the door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In the room next to mine, Charlie mumbled something about sugarcoated chess pieces. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “All right then,” he said, looking down at the chess pieces all lined up perfectly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I see a mind movie where chess pieces come to life. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z A light rain is falling as he pulls himself up, and as the air around him clears he sees a row of tiny trees and stars, surrounded by silver gears and black-and-white chess pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He opened a sack tied to his belt and put the chess piece in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were already lining up the chess pieces and reading from the dog-eared instruction book. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Photographic blowups of Fischer and Spassky adorned the windows of almost every shop, with black-and-white checkered displays serving as backdrops for huge papier-mâché chess pieces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I saw the Serjeant’s eye upon me from across the room, and dropped my own gaze to the page, where I helpless took in several incomprehensible paragraphs regarding place, chess pieces, ships, and substance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The room was quiet except for the occasional rap of a chess piece slammed to the board in anger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It's a safe bet it wasn't as simple and clean as a computer-generated chess piece falling hilariously and bloodlessly on the CBS morning news. Let the Osama bin Laden killing games begin! 2011-05-03T20:30:00Z In the main room a phalanx of polymorphous, silver-glazed ceramic vessels by Andrew Lord guards Jay DeFeo’s mystical charcoal renderings of shapes that could be chess pieces, hourglasses or bullets. Art Review: ?The Spirit Level,? Group Show at Gladstone Gallery, Chelsea 2012-04-12T21:12:02Z Her spheres and cylinders are arranged in rows in a gallery overlooking outdoor sculptures, which include white chess pieces by Yoko Ono and blue glass spears by Dale Chihuly. Antiques: Billy the Kid, Toshiko Takaezu, Mural, Vietnam War Zippos 2011-06-16T21:13:56Z But the tendency to treat nearly every new character as a chess piece or two-dimensional symbol is tiresome. Didn't watch "Secret Invasion"? Why Marvel projects have become increasingly irrelevant 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z So all comment is considered here, since going forward, everyone remains a chess piece. Dramatic Reading: A Memoir by the Director of ‘The History Boys’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z My head reeled as their faces rolled around my brain like chess pieces mid-maneuver, undecided where to land. My search for the Nazi who saved my mother’s life 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z With great consistency, buyer 814 went on to bid on an ivory chess piece in the form of a bishop enthroned in an alcove. Auctions: Glamorous History Drives Divine Surprise 2011-11-18T12:30:13Z Like Ray, he seems lifted by the McDonalds, and there’s real heart and pleasure in a flashback in which they figure out their system’s choreography, moving young, confused workers around like chess pieces. Review: ‘The Founder,’ the Story of a Supersize Businessman 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The show had chess pieces, not characters; it had blood but no pulse. Review: More Power, More Problems in House of Cards 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z One is a cluster of tubular maple uprights shaped like candles or organ pipes; the other, a kind of aluminum tray holding red and blue polyurethane cylinders that could be chess pieces or gemstones. Art Review: New Sparkle for an Abstract Ensemble 2011-01-06T23:24:53Z Please do not presume to love me, I want to flash back, in my own special code that would alarm the families playing with the infant-sized chess pieces on the board outside the gallery. Lost in the Yoko Ono labyrinth 2012-06-18T18:03:42Z Chairs are brought onstage, and the dancers move them like chess pieces. Jacob Jonas the Company at Ailey Citigroup Theater 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The chess pieces, from four different sets, were discovered in 1831, buried on the Isle of Lewis off Scotland. The Week Ahead: Nov. 13 ? 19 2011-11-11T14:58:50Z When a chess piece is taken off the "board," the corresponding prisoner is killed. "Hunters" creator defends show 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Like a game of checkers being played with chess pieces, "Daredevil" is only deceptively familiar. Bare-knuckle, old-school tack in 'Daredevil' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Director Ric Roman Waugh takes a slow-burn approach with this efficient thriller, saving most of its kinetic action scenes for the second half — after all the chess pieces are in place. "We leave these places in ruins": How the white lens on "Kandahar" reflects the human cost 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z She reads descriptions of the chess pieces and leads them through exercises. Two parents, two jobs, two young kids: Inside the chaos of family quarantine 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z From 244 metres up, the towers of the City look like dinky chess pieces, the looping spaghetti of railway lines like a toy train set, commuters scuttling like ants below on the platforms. The Shard opens up to share its high, wide and handsome view 2013-01-11T08:03:00Z In this ominous environment, Ms. Taymor moves the actors around like chess pieces, always threatening or defending. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z People may not think that it requires much stamina to move chess pieces and pawns from one square to another. Myths and unknowns about chess and the contenders for the World Chess Championship 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z But he treated his own family like chess pieces, and removed them from the board. ‘House of the Dragon’: Is Larys Strong the New Littlefinger? 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Then there are the network and studio bosses who push actors around like chess pieces as the fall schedules shuffle into place. While TV shows await fall premiere, the summer rush to replace actors is on 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Schenkkan’s LBJ doesn’t really have partners: Everyone’s a chess piece, and scenes are engineered to show Johnson persuading or shoving them into place. Review | The agony and ecstasy of LBJ are revived in ‘The Great Society’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Four birds stood like chess pieces, waiting for the next move. For an offbeat museum experience, have a slumber party with penguins in San Francisco 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z One case in the museum houses bullets that bored soldiers carved into chess pieces. Journeys: In Virginia, Touring Lesser-Known Civil War Sites 2011-04-29T20:30:10Z The air smelled of wet sage, and black cattle stood like chess pieces in the distant fields. Casting in Colorado, Away From the Crowds 2012-08-22T19:37:27Z In this bookcase, it looks like an army of misshapen chess pieces. Oddities to You, Treasures to Mark Dion 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Those life-size chess pieces, guardians of the Philosopher’s Stone. A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s like a chess match, if the chess pieces flew private jets and made off-color jokes. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Moss covers the stone railings along the paths, fills in cracks and crevices with green velvet and tops the chess pieces with closefitting toupees. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z He wrote everything in a small black-and-white notebook, adding and deleting guests like chess pieces, taunting friends and enemies: Maybe you’ll be invited, and maybe you won’t. We’re still talking about Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball 50 years later. Here’s why. 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z This is all part of how the chess pieces rearrange themselves after every election. Stop mooning over John Kasich: He’s not more “reasonable” than Trump, he’s just better at camouflaging his agenda 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z And he suggests that Custer’s superior, Gen. Alfred Terry, was really the one “moving the chess pieces” — the one who, “perhaps more than any other single person,” bears the responsibility for the “cumulative tragedy.” Books of The Times: Recalling Custer in Nathaniel Philbrick?s ?Last Stand? 2010-06-03T21:17:00Z Unlike the characters in Mr. Lethem’s recent novels, such protagonists are a sketchily defined lot — crudely carved chess pieces that he moves about mechanically to illustrate his plot points. Review: ‘Lucky Alan,’ Jonathan Lethem’s Dreamlike Tales of Seclusion 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z What he does show is Emma Z asking her mother if she is stupid, and Beck’s twin boys torn apart by competition, and Xander, the prodigy, so lonely that he ascribes personalities to chess pieces. How a Novel Can Unmake the Myth of Meritocracy 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The characters in “Good Riddance” don’t necessarily develop; some of them seem to exist only as chess pieces. Review | A posthumous gift sets a farcical plot in motion in ‘Good Riddance’ 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z All were chess pieces in a ghastly game that, the film balefully suggests, continues without end. Review: In ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Spielberg Considers the Cold War 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “I love the networking, the chess pieces moving. A lot of it is lobbying for jobs, and I love lobbying, I love it.” Your boss lost an election, you lost a job — but Tom Manatos is here to save the day. These images remind us of how American lives are used as political chess pieces, and how agonizing it is when the game’s larger objective remains unclear. Movie Review: ‘The Prosecution of an American President,’ Directed by Dave Hagen and David J. Burke 2012-10-12T03:00:44Z That a narrator need not fiddle with chess pieces from on high but might linger like a cloud among foggy minds is a feature of modernism that has, as it were, contaminated literature ever since. Was 1925 Literary Modernism’s Most Important Year? 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Like giant molten chess pieces, his shapes are at once authoritative and decadent. Nan Goldin, Tony Cragg and Robert Rauschenberg ? the week in art 2011-07-22T12:06:33Z All those talking animals, querulous playing cards and animated chess pieces were not just peculiar, slightly menacing playmates, according to the new Broadway musical “Wonderland.” | 'Wonderland': There?s No Place Like Queens 2011-04-18T02:01:04Z “I was their major chess piece,” she writes in “My Soul Looks Back,” her new memoir, “on the board game that was the American dream.” ‘My Soul Looks Back’ Warmly Recalls New York’s Black Elite in the 1970s 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “Tom figured out a way to move all the chess pieces,” Abrams says. Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser 2011-05-29T01:23:02Z Here, amid swarming civilians and rushing professionals, new stars are born, reputations fortified, initiatives announced and chess pieces moved. Sommeliers Decanting the Madness of Cannes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The 70 chess pieces found are divided between the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh; 30 from the British Museum are in New York. The Week Ahead: Nov. 13 ? 19 2011-11-11T14:58:50Z The exhibition includes other chess pieces — Islamic and medieval — and carved bone objects from the Met’s collection, all of which serve mainly to show by contrast just how adorable the Lewis chessmen are. Art Review: ?The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen From the Isle of Lewis,? at the Cloisters 2011-11-17T23:25:24Z There are a lot of chess pieces that are constantly in motion, and who's going to win? "The Morning Show" Season 3 confronts Jan. 6 and "the lies we tell ourselves" 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Noguchi presented the scenario to the client on a twenty-by-twenty-inch board, placing the elements like chess pieces. Noguchi in Suburbia Vs. Noguchi in Nature 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Rogue and Magneto take the “mutant cure”, which strips them of their powers, though Magneto is able to make a metal chess piece move in the film’s coda. Can X-Men: Apocalypse pull together 16 years of mutated plotlines? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Though the show fills its seasons with blood and surprises, saving the biggest moments for the second-to-last hour enables the duo to move all their many, many chess pieces into the necessary positions. What to Expect From 'Game of Thrones' This Week 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z I think what the Arabs have shown us is that we don’t control the chess pieces. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z Oddities pop up, like the large limestone chess pieces that sit randomly along the walls and crowd around the two-story teahouse. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z One of her large horse paintings is neatly flanked by two small ones of chess pieces, including knights. In the galleries: Shiny fantasy worlds, undercut by body parts and company logos 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Ali Allen's design is all giant, sliding chess pieces and gauzy screens moving to echo the sense of pawn-playing and concealment, and there are some impressive, evocative touches in conjuring up locations. Chess ? review 2011-07-27T17:49:00Z None are more ominous than the funereal rooms in which cold, gray men move lives like chess pieces. Review: In ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Spielberg Considers the Cold War 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z About the size of a chess piece, each stupa contains a printed incantation sealed inside, all the more potent for not being seen. What Museums Don’t Reveal About Religious Art 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z She first swallows a marble, then escalates to more dangerous objects — a thumbtack, a chess piece, a battery — all potentially fatal to her and the baby. ‘Swallow’ Review: Objects in Stomach May Be Sharper Than They Appear 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Britt is an artist who specializes in creating travel-themed pieces — wooden boats, box-shape airplanes — from reclaimed materials like fishing reels, chess pieces and hammered copper. Journeys: Finding Hawaiiana To Take Home, on Kauai 2010-06-11T18:32:00Z I was a chess piece, there to be moved, sacrificed. Why I Took a Vow of Celibacy 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z A shoe made partly of chess pieces is a reference to early Andy Warhol drawings; the image of a stabbed hand balancing dice references a Hieronymus Bosch painting. Ryan McGinness wants you to see his '#metadata' in person for a full effect 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z His characters, at times, were little more than chess pieces. In Milan Kundera’s Work, the Erotic Meets the Subversive 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Finally, we watched from above as bearers carried the coffin step by step across the black-and-white-diamond floor like an ornate chess piece. Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Instead, he played his chess pieces like a grandmaster and ended up moving to Dior, with the suggestion, it was rumored, of more to come. Kim Jones Wants to Rule the Fashion World 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Some of these objects look a bit like chess pieces, and you sense that the artist thinks of them that way — adjusting and rearranging them in his head before he makes his move. Art in Review 2010-02-25T20:58:00Z And suddenly the clothes looked like little chess pieces too small for the board. Fashion Review: The Regeneration Game 2012-10-02T18:41:31Z Yet Mr. Arcady’s reliance on heavy-handed melodrama, on screaming women and on worried-looking men, winds everything so tightly that the anguish plateaus and the characters begin to seem like chess pieces in an argument. Review: ‘24 Days,’ About a Crime That Fed a Debate About Anti-Semitism 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z A marketing campaign features an assortment of chess pieces reimagined for an era of inclusivity: a knight reborn as a purple unicorn, a bishop bearing zebra stripes. A European Music Festival’s Push for Diversity Stirs Debate 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Along with his wife, Rebecca, Makowsky redesigned the antiquated look of traditional chess pieces to make them more streamlined, modern and appealing to a new generation of players. How a chess guru became a trendy mental coach for rising NFL quarterbacks 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “I think the biggest change I’ve seen in Lane Kiffin is that people are not just opportunities. People are not just chess pieces. They’re living and breathing. They have hearts, and the guy actually cares.” 10 years after USC fired him on the tarmac, Lane Kiffin believes he can weather any storm 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Companies should make empathy and understanding the bedrock of their policies, treating employees as people with lives outside of work rather than just chess pieces to be moved around a board at will. Why Amazon's RTO strategy could backfire | Op-Ed 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Also, do we want a president who treats the most vulnerable people among us as political chess pieces? Column: Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don't use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z In actuality however, there was an expert chess player hidden inside the box who wielded the chess pieces by moving the manikin's arms. From "holy hype" to AI sentience, tech has a history of inflating its potential 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z It’s easy to forget that while companies and politicians are busy playing politics, its people’s lives and rights that become the chess pieces. Disney embraces its role as hero to DeSantis’ villain | Beth Kowitt 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Aster has always had a weakness for treating his characters like chess pieces, moving them toward their grim fates with breathtaking, sometimes agonizing deliberation. Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid’ is quite an odyssey, but not necessarily an oughta-see 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z State broadcaster China Central Television accused the United States of using Taiwan as a “chess piece” in a strategy of containment and as an “ATM for American arms sellers.” China accuses U.S. of using Taiwan as ‘ATM for American arms sellers’ 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “It’s as if the artists are chess pieces to them.” In K-Pop’s Quest for Global Growth, Korean Fans Feel Cast Aside 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Simply clearing people out of McPherson Square will solve nothing, and it will only move the problems around, like errant chess pieces. Opinion | Offer shelter to McPherson Square’s unhoused people 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z One company survey found that 30 percent of people put them in places other than their mouths: They use them as floral centerpieces, chess pieces and jewelry; they weave them into clothing and wreaths. Bob Born, Who Brought Marshmallow Peeps to the Masses, Dies at 98 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z “Suddenly, it’s like you had the chess pieces and they all got knocked over,” Pope told reporters on Jan. 9. SC abortion ban gets hearing for first time this session 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “Continuing to move asylum seekers around the boroughs like chess pieces is callous and indicative of City Hall’s failure to competently manage this crisis,” the groups said in a statement. NYC to use cruise ship terminal as asylum-seeker shelter 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The prince has been criticised for discussing killings in Spare, with some military figures saying it was wrong to refer to the dead as "chess pieces". Prince Harry condemns 'dangerous spin' about his Taliban comments 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In the text, ghostwritten by Pulitzer Prize winner JR Moehringer, he described the killings as like "chess pieces taken off the board". Prince Harry's publisher says book sales 'beyond expectations' 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Harry’s decision to put a number on those he killed, and the book’s comparison of those to chess pieces, drew outrage from Taliban officials, and concern from British veterans. Harry’s new memoir draws anger and protests in Afghanistan 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z “Our innocent people were chess pieces to your soldiers, military and political leaders. Still, you were defeated in that game,” Mr. Haqanni said on his Twitter page. Veterans call Prince Harry’s claim that he killed 25 Taliban fighters ‘foolish,’ ‘distasteful’ 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return,” Anas Haqqani, a leader in the Taliban administration, wrote on Twitter on Friday. Prince Harry Claims in Memoir to Have Killed 25 in Afghanistan 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z But his decision to put a number on those he killed, and the comparison to chess pieces, drew outrage from the Taliban, and concern from British veterans. Harry’s claim he killed 25 in Afghanistan draws anger, worry 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Richard Kemp said it was “an error of judgment,” and regarding enemy fighters as chess pieces is “not the way the British Army trains people.” Prince Harry’s book exposes grief, war, drugs, family rifts 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In his memoir, the Duke of Sussex describes his 25 kills as "chess pieces removed from the board". Harry's Taliban kill remarks tarnish his reputation - ex-commander 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “A lot of people want to move someone like him, they want to move him around the board like a chess piece,” Mr. Carter said. A Pastor and Politician Who Sees Voting as a Form of Prayer 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “The truth is what you’ve said; Our innocent people were chess pieces to your soldiers, military and political leaders.” Prince Harry Claims in Memoir to Have Killed 25 in Afghanistan 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Mr. Harry! The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return,” prominent Taliban member Anas Haqqani wrote Friday on Twitter. Harry’s claim he killed 25 in Afghanistan draws anger, worry 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Played on a regular chess board with regular chess pieces, there are unions that look like hugs and the winner “embraces” the opponent’s king, as opposed to capturing it. Adults need toys, too: Some holiday gift suggestions 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Metal sculptures shaped like king and queen chess pieces tower above a giant chess board made with pavement tiles. Seattle’s new Detective Cookie Chess Park in Rainier Beach is now open 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Kirk has been a welcomed chess piece for Pederson, who calls plays. Jaguars WR Kirk proving to be worth every penny of $72M deal 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Big 12 has more stability, if only because it now lacks the high-end chess pieces that eventually might be of interest to the Big Ten or SEC. Analyzing media valuations for USC, UCLA and remaining Pac-12 schools 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z In the place of a steering wheel, it has a “jewel-inspired chess piece controller that captures light and depth by redefining the vehicle controls inside the cabin.” Lincoln’s new concept car is an autonomous EV that runs on vibes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Any other outcome is simply great powers using smaller nations as chess pieces. Opinion | Taking sides in Taiwan 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z In Mr. Baryshpolets’s hometown, Kyiv, on a recent Saturday, chess players gathered in Shevchenko Park, laying out plastic chess pieces on stone tables while they waited for partners. Ukrainian Grandmaster Bids to Unseat Russian Head of World Chess Body 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z In a video obtained by the Guardian, the robotic arm can be seen removing a chess piece. Chess robot breaks boy’s finger at Moscow tournament 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In the case of the chess robot, it seems the device was designed only to identify and move chess pieces — not respond to the appearance of a human hand in its playing area. Chess robot breaks seven-year-old’s finger during tournament in Russia 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But Finnegan, 30 and Washington’s best reliever, is under control for three more seasons after this one, perhaps making him the club’s most intriguing chess piece. Analysis | Putting Juan Soto aside, Nationals near another active trade deadline 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Busch spoke in a word salad about blue skies and chess pieces and puzzles and paved roads but nothing about a firm retirement season. Reddick’s jump to 23XI a start for NASCAR driver shuffling 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Monday that countries should avoid being used as "chess pieces" by global powers in a region that he said was at risk of being reshaped by geopolitical factors. Japan readies sombre farewell to slain Abe, its longest-serving premier 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z "We should insulate this region from geopolitical calculations… from being used as chess pieces from major power rivalry and from coercion," he said, adding: "The future of our region should be in our own hands." China warns ASEAN nations to avoid being used as 'chess pieces' by big powers 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Managers were constantly shifted around — like chess pieces, one employee said — which resulted in high turnover among workers fed up with the upheaval. How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z A movable chess piece: Van Noy spent Tuesday working with the inside linebackers. Joey Bosa explains huge edge with Kahlil Mack lined up on other side of Chargers defense 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “Australia must deeply realize that on this issue it is only a chess piece of the United States, a pawn.” Chinese Pilots Sent a Message. American Allies Said They Went Too Far. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z When he typed “cats playing chess,” it put two fluffy kittens on either side of a checkered game board, 32 chess pieces lined up between them. Meet DALL-E, the A.I. That Draws Anything at Your Command 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “This isn’t just moving chess pieces around the chess board. This is about standing up for a country that’s fighting for freedom.” Analysis: Zelenskyy, Biden show different styles, missions 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Rodgers’s return was the first chess piece to the team’s off-season plan. As Tom Brady Returns, N.F.L. Tilts Toward Its Quarterbacks 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z “I wish they would have made clear that there should be consequences to a president who uses Ukraine as a political chess piece,” he said. Republicans, Once Harsh Ukraine Critics, Pivot to Strong Support 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z One European diplomat pointed to the sensitivity of hosting foreign troops, adding that they could not simply be moved around like chess pieces. Analysis: Leaving Mali would not be easy as French military feels the heat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “We have a really strong team, so we have a lot of chess pieces to play with,” Chen said. Men’s downhill highlights first day of Olympic medals 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z In an era of high taxes and tight profit margins, social equity is in some quarters — legal and illegal — regarded as an albatross or, at best, a chess piece. The Florida cannabis behemoth leaving Black growers behind 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z This was no small move of a chess piece in the international game of standing up to China on human rights violations. Commentary: WTA chief Steve Simon shows unique resolve fighting to confirm Peng Shuai's safety 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z "Taiwan is a wanderer who will eventually come home, not a chess piece to be used by others. China must and will be reunified." China says Taiwan is a 'wanderer' that will eventually come home 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z He played cornerback and safety in college, so the combination of his frame and his understanding of how to maximize it has allowed Del Rio to use him as a chess piece. Kam Curl, cerebral and steady, has become an integral part of Washington’s defense 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z “We need 32 sets of chess pieces. I don’t have 32 sets,” assembly supervisor Anne Cummings told half a dozen colleagues, sparking a quick discussion of when the items might appear. Ho, ho, no: For maker of wooden toys, the struggle ahead of Christmas isn’t finding supplies, but finding workers 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z On the north side of the parking lot is a mural spelling “Belltown” filled with a keyboard, chess pieces, a skateboard and a Rainier beer. This colorful mural walk will take you through Pike Place Market and Belltown 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z North Korea’s Arirang Meari site cited unnamed South Korean film critics as saying that the TV series shows an “unequal society where moneyless people are treated like chess pieces for the rich.” It's an allegory: North Korea website says 'Squid Game' reflects South Korea's 'beastly' society 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “It’s more than just a chess piece. They have opened up the board,” Dr. Cheng said. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Tool That Builds Better Catalysts 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z One party is trying to move the chess pieces. Opinion | Bipartisanship is nice, but you can’t negotiate with fantasy and lies 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Her visual field is limited, and the chess pieces appear blurred and distorted. She’s a chess champion who can barely see the board make her own gambit 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z “He would be a pretty fun chess piece to be able to play with if I was an NFL offensive coordinator with what you can do with him,” Robinson said. UCLA's Demetric Felton Jr. is headed to the NFL, just like he always said he would 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z “His die-hard supporters will tell you he’s playing four-dimensional chess,” Scaramucci said, “but all of us really know he’s eating the chess pieces; he’s munching on the chess pieces.” Analysis | The ending of Trump’s presidency echoes the beginning — with a lie 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Liverpool tore at City and City tore at Liverpool as, in the background, the strategies kept shifting and the chess pieces kept moving and the ideas kept whirring. Stars in a Slog: The Premier League Grind Will Only Get Worse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z All together, the hundreds of sparsely populated islands in the Pacific occupy 15 percent of the globe’s surface, sitting like scattered chess pieces right between China, the United States and Australia. Why Did a Chinese Diplomat Walk All Over People on a Pacific Island? 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The likelihood that Trump himself won’t change, even if the chess pieces around him do. Analysis: Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The chess pieces were beginning to move again. Europe Resurfaces to Find Odd Mix of the Familiar and the Alien 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Instead, the visuals and sound design combine to create a very tactile experience, despite the fact that you’re moving chess pieces around on a touchscreen. Nintendo’s Clubhouse Games is a comforting collection of classics on the Switch 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “You can’t even write a word before you know where all the chess pieces are on the board, so we would sit in the room and be like... what do the Combine want?” said Vanaman. How Half-Life: Alyx’s designers built an escapist dystopia with a spot of hope 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z But as part of the skyline, I always imagine the tower as a chess piece, handsomely bearing her crown. How architect Henry Cobb gave L.A.'s skyline its distinctive crown 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z In a video released after that second detention, Gui, flanked by two police officers, said he was “ashamed” and had “made mistakes,” adding that Sweden had used him like a “chess piece.” Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai sold critical titles about Xi Jinping. China jailed him for 10 years. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The post contained a photo of Waligwa in character, holding up two chess pieces. Child actor Nikita Pearl Waligwa, 'Queen of Katwe' star, dead at 15: reports 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z “We are one of their major chess pieces. Increased tensions and anger and a real volatility now will not be good news for any of those who are held,” he added. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband seeks urgent meeting with PM 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Strike teams were sent across the state on Saturday, moved around like chess pieces against an opponent that ignores all the rules. NSW south coast and southern highlands bushfires tear through areas that have not burned in decades 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z “It was amazing for never having picked up a chess piece before.” Deshaun Watson’s game is a mix of risk and restraint. To get better, he learned chess. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z A small object that was discovered in what's now southern Jordan seems to be the world's oldest known chess piece. Carved rock could be world's oldest chess piece 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Patriots coaches like to use Jonathan Jones as a chess piece — he was the defensive back who morphed from cornerback to safety in the Super Bowl last season, to the ruin of Jared Goff. Analysis | How Lamar Jackson solved Bill Belichick’s defense — and made his MVP case 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Much like Trump, Biden is using Ukraine as a chess piece in his presidential campaign and the impeachment proceedings. Zelenskiy's brush with Trump won't help him end Ukraine's war | Liana Semchuk 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z "It is another week where politicians in the EU and our own government are treating Northern Ireland like a chess piece in a very high risk game," he said. Stormont parties clash over customs union 'demand' 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Sometimes what the items are seems relatively obvious — a chess piece, for instance, or a Christmas tree. What to play: 'Wilmot's Warehouse,' a puzzle game about sorting for our Marie Kondo age 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Maybe the Dodgers wouldn’t make so many errors if Roberts stopped moving his players around like chess pieces. Letters: No moves isn't good news for Dodgers fans 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The Lewis Chessmen are intricate, expressive chess pieces in the form of Norse warriors, carved from walrus ivory in the 12th century. Missing Lewis Chessman found in drawer could be worth more than $1M 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Regarded as among the finest medieval chess pieces, most are on display in The British Museum in London and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Missing Lewis Chessmen piece found, will be auctioned July 2 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z As well as the chess pieces, the hoard includes 14 "tablemen" gaming pieces and a buckle. Long-lost Lewis Chessman found in drawer 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z And the Mountain will definitely be by Cersei’s side as a powerful chess piece in her army. Daenerys vs. Cersei: here are their resources for the final war 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z He is a defensive chess piece who drifts between a bunch of different positions and makes plays all over the field. Why Nick Bosa erased his politics with a move to liberal San Francisco looming 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z It is now held in both the British Museum in London and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh — but five of the chess pieces were missing. Missing Lewis Chessman found in drawer could be worth more than $1M 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z He was the bedrock of the Patriots passing game and the league’s most devastating chess piece: safeties were too small to block him; linebackers too slow to cover him. Rob Gronkowski played the goofball but few can doubt his greatness 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The former Patriots defensive end, who aligned at six different positions for at least 15 snaps last season in New England, was a coveted chess piece for Matt Patricia’s defense in Detroit. NFL transactions: Bridgewater re-signs with Saints 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Here the heroes are crafty general managers who wheel and deal, barter and sign and deploy their players like so many chess pieces. In Science, as in Sports, the Sidelines Matter 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z As David Dayen wrote for the New Republic in October, “There’s a long gap between re-writing the rules of the game, as Warren wants, and turning over all the chess pieces, as Sanders does.” Opinion | ‘Warren 2020’ is good for the Democrats 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z And he thumbed his nose at dugout autocrats accustomed to moving men around the bases like chess pieces. Opinion | It makes perfect sense for Trump to honor Babe Ruth 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Hear the phrase “board-game-inspired movement” and you might think of a flourish with a chess piece, or a jubilant reach to place a Scrabble tile on a triple-word-score square. Dance company Ragamala elevates Snakes and Ladders to spiritual heights 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It entails moving defenders around like chess pieces, player evaluations based on launch angles and spin rates, and versatile rosters designed to provide a minute edge. World Series: Red Sox Outmaneuver Dodgers, and Finally Outdistance Them 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z No — they were moving the chess pieces — their failures were intentional and reprehensible. Opinion | The moral dilemma confronting Catholics 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z After his second disappearance into police custody in January, Gui appeared in a video interview in February confessing to wrongdoing and accusing his adopted country Sweden of manipulating him like a “chess piece”. Gui Minhai: doctors visit kidnapped Hong Kong bookseller in China 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z “A lot of pressures and disguises,” linebacker Josh Woods explained, “just keeping the offense on their toes with different looks, playing with their minds and just chess pieces.” By sending its linebackers downhill, UCLA is hoping for an uptick in performance 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The company sends the store spools of plastic filament to be used for in-store demonstrations — mainly to make chess pieces, dinosaurs, frogs and other children’s toys. 5-year-old gets new arm at the Home Depot 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z You can open the boxes and see what’s inside: seashells, a rubber spider, paper fasteners, chess pieces, medals. On my radar: Celeste Ng’s cultural highlights 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z But as the caliphate crumbled, the United States and Russia wielded proxies like chess pieces to outflank each other. It's an awkward dance as the U.S., Russia and Iran all zero in on Islamic State 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “It allows you to use your mind and your body as a chess piece. You think about what you’re going to do next, and how you get the next touch,” she said. Minnesota teens inspired by Muslim-American Olympian fencer 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The chess pieces are all in their starting positions. Here We Go Again: A Few Thoughts on the Cavaliers-Warriors N.B.A. Finals 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Dozens of tables are set up with chess boards and chess pieces on them. Children in community chess program shine 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z He was used as a chess piece for Florida State. Analysis | 2018 NFL draft Round 1 recap, analysis: Ravens take Lamar Jackson; Bills trade up for Josh Allen; Browns take Baker Mayfield No. 1 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “Governor Cuomo generally is concerned about himself so I’ve found he treats people in those positions like chess pieces,” Mr. Williams said. For Cuomo and Nixon, a Rush to Secure Black Votes Early 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Even if one of those two safeties returns, James will fit as an intriguing sub-package chess piece. 2018 NFL mock draft: Five QBs off the board in Round 1, but none to Giants 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z During the meeting, Mr. Gui told reporters that Sweden was using him as a “chess piece” to cause trouble for Beijing. Detained Bookseller Says Sweden Using Him as a ‘Chess Piece’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Action figures, chess pieces, knickknacks and more; a 3-D printer is the gift that keeps on giving — er, printing. The latest and greatest gadgets to give as gifts 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Castleberry - who showed up as well, bearing a couple alabaster chess pieces once owned by his dad - was all in. Uganda’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ lifting Northwest University 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Castleberry — who showed up as well, bearing a couple alabaster chess pieces once owned by his dad — was all in. A movie was made about this chess champ. Now Uganda’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ is lifting Northwest University 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z “We're trying to set the chess pieces, so to speak, for this season to start heading towards that end goal of what it is,” Ross Duffer says. The Duffer Brothers soak in their 'Stranger Things' success and promise dark things to come 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Cersei, on the other hand, can move political chess pieces and command an army. The Game of Game of Thrones: season 7, episode 3, The Queen’s Justice 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z These coaches spent their days sitting behind computer screens in Raqqa, the Syrian city that is the group’s de facto capital, moving the impressionable men they met on the internet like chess pieces. Long Before It Lost Turf, ISIS Was Already Targeting Britain 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z They represent at best diversity, and at worst, the fragmentation of the population into an entrenched form of identity politics — 43 chess pieces that politicians move around the board at election time. Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z This was used to produce ornamental items such as buttons, chess pieces, and decorative handles for canes. How an obscure seed is helping to save the elephant - BBC News 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Such are the constantly moving chess pieces of free agency, which is arguably more impactful than the draft, at least in the short term. Browns set to make more deals after trading for Brock Osweiler 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “The chess pieces move. Ultimately we’ve got to decide what we think our best club looks like.” Third base could be Cards’ experiment with Peralta, Gyorko 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The gods’ children find a set of golden chess pieces waiting for them. Neil Gaiman: ‘I like being British. Even when I’m ashamed, I’m fascinated’ 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z And there will also be bots that zoom round tennis courts picking up balls, remove droppings from cat litter, and even move physical chess pieces around a board. CES 2017: Tech preview of Las Vegas's biggest launches - BBC News 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Those supporting the Garratts’ case say the couple were simply chess pieces in a larger geopolitical skirmish. Held for Years in China, Canadian Couple Speak Out About Their Detention 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Really Bad Chess is an engaging and wacky version of the classic game, which assigns players a random set of chess pieces. Really Bad Chess: An app that’s a twist on an old game 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Once inside, she donned her glasses and set to work moving 3-D chess pieces. Jackson students explore virtual reality 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Pawns are the co-workers and subordinates they manipulate like chess pieces. 5 Ways to Deal With a Psychopath 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z As for a process that stirred much chatter to land at status quo, Bowlsby said, “We wanted to be very careful not to commoditize institutions and view them as chess pieces on a board.” After plenty of speculation, Big 12 decides against conference expansion 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The room was silent except for the tapping of plastic chess pieces being moved. Uganda’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ got her start at this slum chess school 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The Greeks were like chess pieces knocked over as she lunged for the next insight. Alice Oswald’s Natural Terrors 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z “It’s like chess pieces,” she says, as she explains that each character stood in for a real family member. Ann Patchett: ‘If writers are to survive we must take responsibility for ourselves and our industry’ 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z “You know that you’re holding a chess piece, the most important part is to move that piece at the right time.” Outrage after video captures white Baton Rouge police officer fatally shooting a black man 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Other exhibits include medieval stone carvings, chess pieces and gold coins that tell the story of the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England. Rievaulx Abbey treasures on show in new museum - BBC News 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Kelly now risks becoming yet another chess piece in Trump’s game of intimidation, cajoling, complaining and free-riding on so-called earned media. Megyn Kelly’s journalistic chops may be Trump’s latest victim 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Misiewicz and Francis moved Navy vessels like chess pieces, diverting aircraft carriers, destroyers and other ships to Asian ports with lax oversight where Francis could inflate costs, the criminal complaint alleges. A federal judge has sentenced a U.S. Navy commander to 78 months in prison for providing classified ship schedules in exchange for the services of a prostitute, theater tickets and other gifts from a defense contractor who overbilled the maritime branch 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z He connects the chess pieces to characters in Maori lore as he explains their motivations and movement patterns. Review: ‘Dark Horse’ a loving portrait of an unlikely hero 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z He walked past a few tarnished and taped-together trophies, rough abstract sketches of chess pieces, a cross from his years in the seminary and old cigar boxes stacked nearly everywhere. An End to a Chess Grandmaster’s Eviction Battle Could Be Near 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z They’re treated as partisan chess pieces moved around by powerful hands. North Carolina Editorial Roundup 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Of course, there’s an adversarial force, too: the Destroyer, danced by Amar Ramasar, who lays waste to the magical clock with a silver club that resembles a Marcel Duchamp chess piece. Behind the Scenes at This Season’s Most-Talked-About New Ballet 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z He’s not a chess piece as much as he’s Belichick’s chessboard. Broncos advance, will face Patriots in AFC title game 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z “Finally one of them says, ‘There’s a chess piece! An Adman’s Big Pitch: His Life’s Work 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Late morning light brightens the casual clutter of books and sailing ships, trains and street signs, Civil War curios and Wonderland chess pieces. Not bound by history, L.A.'s Caravan Book Store continues to turn pages 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z “I mean, that’s like a board game,” said Mr. Bush, theatrically waving his hand as if he were moving chess pieces. A Nimbler Jeb Bush Turns Feisty. But Is It Enough? 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z A common misconception is that plastic chess pieces weigh less than wood chessmen. Winning Strategies for Buying a Chess Set 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z They typically appropriated a Scrabble board for a basic grid, then brought in Scrabble tiles, chess pieces, Chinese checkers, mah-jongg tiles and Dungeons & Dragons dice, according to Nigel, who now works for Google. The Singular Mind of Terry Tao 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z On Twitter, she wrote, “We will never again let the amia tragedy be used as a chess piece in the game of foreign geopolitical interests.” A Deadly Conspiracy in Buenos Aires? 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z I have a hunch the show will make things play out differently, and there are subtle, small clues that events could unfold with Lady Stoneheart as a chess piece. How 'Game of Thrones' Could Reveal 'Stoneheart' After All In This Year's Finale 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Many in boxing have watched Haymon carefully maneuver chess pieces, one methodical step at a time, most believing his grand plan is to upend the chessboard entirely. Boxing’s man of mystery 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z People, like chess pieces, each with their own movements, should serve and protect their system. Mr. Big Mouth 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z In Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park she created “Well-Lit Chess Pieces” in 2005: huge chess pieces and whimsical lampshades on 26 tall standing lights along the four corner park entrances. New Orleans storyteller’s happily ever after 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z It's all a game and they are playing it like we are chess pieces. More Sanctions on North Korea After Sony Case 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In the hutong, some elderly residents continue to clack chess pieces while others casually stroll up and down the alley, greeting their neighbors. Beijing's old backstreets are right up too many tourists' alley 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The match was read and react, chess pieces pushed around a lush green field. The Day-After Report: A tale of two conference finals 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Obama is moving a major chess piece on the board with his planned executive order. Executive order on immigration would ignite a political firestorm Unattacked Queens The properties of chess pieces play a part in many challenges, including in a group of problems about unattacked queens. Test Yourself 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z No wonder the chess pieces are wobbling already and could soon be simply tossed up in the air to land who knows where. From chess to chance in politics 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Some like the sound of straws or chess pieces being shuffled in front of a three-dimensional microphone. The Soothing Sounds of Bob Ross Although women were never barred from touching the chess pieces, strong female players were few in number. Why the Economic Gender Gap Will Eventually Close 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z On sidewalks, there are lounge chairs and giant “Alice in Wonderland” chess pieces. The Post-Post-Apocalyptic Detroit 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z “They play the game of great power politics and the chess pieces they choose inflame the sectarianism,” he said. Power Struggles in Middle East Exploit Islam’s Ancient Sectarian Rift 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Put all these chess pieces together and you can see why even those politics watchers with the longest memories say they have never known an election as difficult to predict as this. From chess to chance in politics 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Perpetually in motion, octogenarian billionaire Rupert Murdoch is shaking up the chess pieces in an attempt to consolidate his pay-TV empire in Europe. Murdoch's $14B Plan For European Dominance Through BSkyB Will Leverage Soccer Assets 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z He used a blackboard, and sometimes chess pieces on a billiard table, to devise tactics and communicate them to his players. Why Mourinho was wrong on 19th Century football 2014-01-30T15:22:39Z “The 49ers can spy with Willis and Bowman, and those guys can run with him. They have unique chess pieces to put on Russell.” 49ers’ speedy linebackers pose problem for Russell Wilson 2014-01-19T00:35:35Z Police described his death as "gruesome", and believe the killing was linked to a dispute over the movement of a chess piece during a game. Murder charge over 'chess dispute' 2014-01-13T07:46:08Z "He's very honest with them about the fact there was a time in his career when he viewed players as chess pieces, and that is different," Bischoff said. In Trestman, they trust 2013-12-29T04:08:00Z The chess pieces seem rather fragile in the former boxer's huge hands, whose giant 6ft 5in frame was always an intimidating presence for opponents. The sport of fists and the game of kings 2013-12-24T08:59:20Z "We are simply chess pieces on a board and the Americans are the ones moving us around according to their strategic whims," said Alian, 61. Wary of war, Israeli public gives Iran deal a chance 2013-11-25T16:00:33Z Tavon Austin figures to be the focal point of St. Louis’s new speed-oriented offense, but on Sunday, Cook was the most lethal movable chess piece. Week 1 Quick Hits: Niners Show They Don’t Need Read-Option 2013-09-09T11:01:08Z If war was chess, tactical scale refers to moving each chess piece to capture other pieces. How Does Cyber Warfare Work? 2013-07-18T16:45:00Z The chess pieces did not comply in any case. Game 6: Heat 103, Spurs 100 (OT): Heart-Stopping Survival as Heat Force Game 7 2013-06-19T04:49:36Z Five years ago, we were taught that stealing is OK, that NBA teams are mere chess pieces rather than civic assets. NBA changes the rules, breaks hearts of Seattle fans again 2013-04-30T02:29:04Z The badge, which features playing cards, a chess piece and a video game controller, is called “Game Design.” Boy Scouts’ new merit badge requires designing and building a game 2013-03-20T21:23:58Z “We will never allow the A.M.I.A. tragedy to be used like a chess piece in geopolitical affairs,” she said, referring to the Argentine Mutual Aid Association, the center that was bombed in 1994. Argentina and Iran to Investigate Jewish Center Bombing 2013-01-28T02:38:44Z “You done beat the man into hungriness,” Fred, a regular wearing a hunter’s hat, shouted over the battlefield of arrested chess pieces. Chess in a Harlem Park Moves Indoors for Winter 2013-01-16T01:02:35Z On Mondays after the dinner, the bankers join a larger group of central bankers at a large round table on a lower floor of the BIS building, which is shaped like a rook chess piece. Secret Talks Behind Central Banks' Bets 2012-12-12T03:32:39Z Political leaders treated the mining industry as a political chess piece in their power games, as well as their financial base. South Africa: ANC ignoring alarm bells 2012-11-12T14:46:47Z By controlling which pipe received light at any one time they were were able to make text and numbers glow through the sides of the bases of specially constructed chess pieces. Disney develops 3D-printed toys 2012-10-03T17:28:21Z As one veteran Syrian activist put it: “This revolution, it’s just like a chess piece between Iran and Saudi Arabia.” The Iranian Hand 2012-08-13T05:00:00Z It is possible that the women in the society represented by the chess pieces played a kind of peace weaver role. Hunt for the real Merida of Brave 2012-08-02T23:44:36Z “He’s been moving political chess pieces for as long as I’ve known him.” Riding Herd on G.O.P. Effort to Produce a Farm Bill in the House 2012-08-02T01:28:11Z Three-Test series allow the screen-staring analysts to earn their popcorn, plugging holes from the week before and subtly shifting their chess pieces around, but the tape of the first half is probably best ignored. South Africa 36-27 England 2012-06-16T18:58:11Z The take-away lesson: Just like with chess pieces, people are not of equal value when it comes to your organization. Chess Concepts Peter Thiel Used To Become A Billionaire 2012-06-06T16:50:55Z The set comes with instructions, including this one: “Please play with the chess set, but refrain from eating the chess pieces.” | New Jersey: Celebrating Fluxus, a Movement That Didn?t Create by the Rules ? Review 2012-01-07T02:11:54Z Most players have little choice in where they work: they get drafted, traded, cut, waived and thus maneuvered like human chess pieces. Professional Athletes Are 'Slaves?' Your Paychecks Suggest Otherwise 2011-11-03T10:05:53Z So however you move the chess pieces around here, you lose.” The Republicans' Alternate Reality on Debt Crisis 2011-07-19T11:15:00Z That set the stage for it to move all the chess pieces forward — tanks, troops, artillery — on Saturday. Memo From East Africa: Border Town Incursion Poses Big Risk for Sudan 2011-05-23T23:58:03Z “It’s very hair-raising to read about your mother being given a code name and moved around like a chess piece,” the daughter added. Judith Coplon, Haunted by Espionage Case, Dies at 88 2011-03-02T02:56:29Z If a lime can be a chess piece and words printed on the wall can be a “score,” any gesture could be considered a Fluxus artwork. | New Jersey: Celebrating Fluxus, a Movement That Didn?t Create by the Rules ? Review 2012-01-07T02:11:54Z June 28, 2010, 11:53 am Numberplay: Maximum Protection On Board Justin Thyme The 35 squares protected by the eight white chess pieces sitting in the home rank are shown using red markers. Numberplay: Maximum Protection On Board 2010-06-28T15:53:00Z A single, outstretched prosthetic finger can operate a microwave oven or a cellphone; a finger and a thumb can hold a chess piece; three or more fingers can grasp a sphere. Novelties: Prosthetic Fingers That Grab Gracefully 2010-04-10T20:10:00Z I tried reading them downward, across, upward and diagonally, in the direction of the moves of different chess pieces—king, queen, rook and bishop. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator Back in the office Hanlon picked up the fallen chess pieces while Philander and the engineers talked for some time. Man of Many Minds Some readers, when they happen to see a puzzle represented on a chessboard with chess pieces, are apt to make the equally inconsequent remark, "I have no use for it: I do not play chess." Amusements in Mathematics Or, if you like it better, we are the Devil's chess pieces in his match against God. Don Orsino They can be made, as we have seen, out of the chessboard and the peculiar moves of the chess pieces. Amusements in Mathematics |
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