Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.

If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.

What I am trying to figure out in my preface is how Romans could operate without the simple items - maps - that are necessary for running such a huge empire.

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

Ratings are king and the money keeps flowing, and partisanship is so strong today that people rely on a few sources absolutely instead of thinking critically. So even being a cheerleader for a gameshow-host president with no respect for the rule of law or America's reputation in the world may not be a career-ending move.

I believe more than ever, machines will put new challenges, and that means we'll have to be more creative and more human, because that's the way to make the difference.