A History of Short Words
From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
CHESS
- Mon, 2 Oct '23
- Game ending in "mate"
- Thu, 15 Jun '23
- "A foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time," per Shaw
- Sun, 22 May '22
- It has thousands of openings
- Mon, 21 Feb '22
- "The Queen's Gambit" game
- Wed, 5 Jan '22
- The mating game?
- Fri, 24 Dec '21
- "The gymnasium of the mind," per Blaise Pascal
- Sat, 14 Aug '21
- Game of checkers?