Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Santa Monica, and you’re feeling good. You’re sitting across from a cute stranger, and the vibes are vibing. In a spacious warehouse-style space, which might ...

Liam Blackburn, left, plays a game of chess with Courtney Zajac during L.A. Chess Club's April 4 meetup. The pair met at the event the week before and planned to meet at the next event. "I haven't ...

Think of “Human Combat Chess” as a show for theatergoers looking to get their nerd on. “Our biggest audience is nerds,” says performer Skot Rieffer, who includes his own Dungeons and Dragons-playing ...

Magnus Carlsen is the No. 1 chess player in the world and won the 2016 World Championship this week over what was presumably another nerd. I assume the tournament takes place somewhere nerdy that I’d ...

Twitter bumped all of its users up to 280 characters this week, reducing the density of the average tweet, if not that of the intellects behind them. There have, at least, been a number of decent gags ...