December 2021

Participants in the African Junior Chess Championship have started arriving in Liberia for the championship ahead of the official opening ceremony which will be held on Tuesday evening, December 28, 2021 at Monrovia Town Hall from 6 p.m.…

A chess club in Oklahoma City has created a community for players. From “The Queen's Gambit” to “Checkmate,” the game of chess was put in the Hollywood limelight by the popular Netflix series last year. The…

DANIA BEACH, Fla .-- The Michigan soccer team have faced their fair share of talented pass catchers this season, most recently against the dynamic Ohio State receiving trio of Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba .But none had…

Participants in the African Junior Chess Championship have started arriving in Liberia for the championship ahead of the official opening ceremony which will be held on Tuesday evening, December 28, 2021 at Monrovia Town Hall from 6 p.m.…

KANPUR: The Kanpur Chess Association selected up to 8 players, including girls, in the under-20 age group in the District Selection Trial Championship, for the trophy Prabhat which was held on Saturday in the Modwill room of the Prabhat…

But it's not the only sport or hobby to benefit from such a surge. In October 2020, The Queen's Gambit became a hit on Netflix, based on the 1983 novel about a chess prodigy, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who becomes the world's greatest…

But it's not the only sport or hobby enjoying such momentum. In October 2020, The Queen's Gambit became a hit on Netflix, based on the 1983 novel about a female chess prodigy, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who becomes the world's greatest…

By Israel Kasnett, JNS Russia has mustered around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine, raising international concerns about an imminent invasion. US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a…

Written by Amanda Davis, Editor DAYTON, Tennessee — At 5:00 p.m. every Friday, a group of college students near Mercer's Common Grounds can be seen assiduously engaged in a game of wits and endurance: that's the…

(December 20, 2021 / JNS) Russia has assembled around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine, raising international concerns about an imminent invasion. US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video…

Russia has assembled around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine, raising international concerns…

This ice-cold Ontario chess game will give you chills.Nick McNaught, a resident of Toronto, is part of Without Borders, a community of people testing their discipline through activities such as exposure to cold.Editors Choice: Two Canadian…

Fiji could compete with some of the best chess players in the world in the near future if they continue to improve internationally. Fiji is one of 195 countries affiliated with the International Chess Federation and (FIDE) and is…

MADISON - Seventeen members of the Madison City Chess League deepened their knowledge of the game at the K-12 National Chess Championship in Orlando, Fla. During the first weekend in December. Rainbow Elementary School teachers…

When the border crisis between Poland and Belarus first erupted this summer, I remember comments from fellow journalists saying that everything would probably be over by the fall.I have reported twice in the region since then, and despite…

P20k in play at Bayanihan Chess ClubThrough Marlon bernardinoPhilBoxing.comFri 17 Dec 2021MANILA --- IT WILL BE a very merry Christmas for the winners of the "Pamaskong Handog ng Bayanihan Chess…

MADISON — Seventeen members of the Madison City Chess League honed their knowledge of the game at the K-12 National Chess Championship in Orlando, Fla., the first weekend in December. Rainbow Elementary School teachers Maria…

CORBIN - The Corbin School of Innovation continues to find ways to…

Colm Smyth restarted St George's Chess Club two years ago. Photo/Mike TweedMembers of the St George's School Chess Club were in full battle on Tuesday morning, against opponents thousands of miles away. Professor Colm Smyth, from…

WEST POINT - Chance Dumas rested his head on his hands, staring intently at the board with a look as serious as any second grader can get. Playing black, he deliberately moved his bishop diagonally across the board to capture an…

Julian Assange suffered a stroke in prison due to the "constant chess game" over his future, his fiancée has claimed. The Wikileaks founder, 50, is believed to have suffered a stroke during a High Court battle over whether or not he should…

Peter Close, the president of the Caroline's Chess Club and a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, first became interested in chess while a student at Wake Tech and began watching live streams from Chess.com on Twitch.“It's a very good game,” said…

It'll be her move on Sunday when the Medford Chess Club reunites at Colleen's in the square to kick off a simultaneous game pitting 10 local members against 11-year-old Kaiya Smits of Hollister's Funky Owl Chess Club.The young player will…

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FOR JACOB EMERT, the Netflix chess-themed hit drama "The Queen's Gambit" was more than entertainment. It was an inspiration. "That's what drove me to this, and I've been playing nonstop ever since," he told me during a break at a…

LAS CRUCES - The Las Cruces public school chess tournament attracted around 75 players across the district, but that was just the start of chess in Las Cruces.Students worked with volunteer coaches to hone their skills as chess began to…

The year of chess will kick off with the MPL National Junior Championship (Under 20) at IGI Stadium in New Delhi. Ahmedabad will have the honor of hosting the first international tournament, the Ahmedabad International Open, from…

New Delhi, December 6 (IANS) After signing a new annual sponsor, the All-India Chess Federation (AICF) has hosted no less than 13 open international tournaments across the country as part of a busy schedule for 2022. And to make things…

New Delhi, December 6 (IANS): After signing a new annual sponsor, the All-India Chess Federation (AICF) has held up to 13 international open tournaments across the country as part of a packed schedule for 2022. And to make things attractive…

Homepage " General " Education " Religious leaders, musicians and chess players also faint from IIT Madras By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, December 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is not just scientists, technologists, industrialists,…

Pooja Lam, Ricardo Narine and Loris Nathoo emerged victorious in the women's, junior and senior divisions when the Guyana Chess Federation-sponsored MMG +-sponsored online quick tournaments wrapped up last weekend.“All three tournaments,…

It's starting to get a little awkward.Photo: GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP (Getty Images)the FIDE World Chess Championship currently underway in Dubai is either an almost perfect showdown between two genius players in their prime, or an absolute!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Kyle Red Willow remembers years ago when his father taught him to play chess at the age of 5.“My father, who passed away, taught me chess when I was 5,” he said. “So I taught my son Conrad to play when he was about 5 years…