March 2022

Many years ago I bought a computerized chess board with a deep and intimidating recorded voice for our…

Coquille hosted another hybrid tournament this past weekend to continue helping its own players as well as…

The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 consists of three tournaments in Berlin, Belgrade and Berlin again. Two players scoring the most points participate in the Candidates Tournament 2022. Unfortunately, Indian chess players cannot make it this…

Environment Minister Barbara Creecy and her senior officials were beaten (at least from a legal standpoint) late last week when the High Court in Pretoria ruled strongly against the national business guardian in the landmark Deadly Air…

Tuna McAlpine established himself as the "best player around" on Sunday afternoon as chess enthusiasts…

It's not the oldest game in history, but it comes close – the earliest chess (or a form of chess) dates back to 6AD and was discovered in India. It was called chaturangaand was a four-player game instead of two. Since then,…

House Television “The Gilded Age” ends its first season with a game of social chess... …

Organized and led by Iowa City West High School freshman Anjali Lodh, The Chess Butterflies is a club that teaches elementary-aged girls how to play chess. Larry PhanA chessboard is presented on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Anjali Lodh started…

According to FIDE, Vietnam had 16 Elo-rated tournaments in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic. This number is considered quite low compared to other countries in the region such as Malaysia (143), Thailand (138) or the Philippines (76).…

On Saturday, about 26 players participated in three groups, K to 6, K to 12 and the adult open group. RAPID CITY, SD — While some were enjoying the festivities that St. Patrick's Day would bring, others were having…

Content of the article Chess is back at the Stony Plain Public Library (SPPL). Content of the article After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the library's "Chess Club" reunited for its first gathering earlier this month. The…

TOPEKA (WIBW) — Matthew Samich and Ethan Rochford, two freshmen at Hayden High, love chess. About four years ago the school had a very strong chess team, then it fell apart because Hayden just didn't have enough students interested in…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — It's a rare sight to see a room full of college kids that's nearly silent. The kids inside the cafeteria at Fair Grove High School are too busy to talk, they're playing chess."This is the third round of the Spring…

SHERIDAN - A group of men sit around chessboards in the Golden Room at the Sheridan County YMCA. Regularly,…

By Eleanor Wilson After 59 years at the Albion Hotel Dandenong, the Dandenong Chess Club has found a new home in Endeavor Hills. The club, which was formed in 1973, recently moved to Sydney Pargeter Reserve after failing…

For the first time, K-12 students and adults will participate in an open chess tournament through the Rapid City Scholastic Chess Club.The club will hold its first open tournament from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 19…

CHICO — The next Bobby Fischer could have been among more than 80 kindergarten through high school students who gathered at Neal Dow Elementary School on Wednesday for a chess tournament. The tournament was organized by the Sacramento…

Thiago Santos is expecting a "game of chess" against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Vegas 50.UFC light heavyweight contender Thiago Santos sees similarities between himself and his upcoming UFC Vegas 50 main event opponent Magomed Ankalaev.Santos…

The exterior of the Chess Club, still in progress, Monday. (Photo by John Anderson)…

(Photo courtesy of GRCC Chess Club Facebook) Grand Rapids Community College has many student organizations that you can join and participate in. One such group, if you like strategy, is the GRCC Chess Club. The GRCC Chess…

08/03/2022 By Mark Dixon Russia is determined to smash a democratic nation and democracy itself. He's…

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee German Immersion School Chess Club has been successful, and learning German may be the reason. Every week, sixth-grade student Orla Campbell comes to the school's chess club to practice for tournaments. She also…

Chess is definitely one of the most complex board games out there. The amount of possibilities that comes with every move is like trillions and trillions or maybe more than any measuring machine can calculate. We often consider people who…

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FRIENDSHIP, NY — Juliana and Sylvia Bysiek staged a simultaneous chess demonstration against 12 members of…

Selahattin Demirtaş*, the imprisoned former co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) responded to questions from some young journalists on a number of topics ranging from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to a…

While the Chicago winter is just freezing cold for most, the University of Chicago Chess Club kept warm in the heat of competition and paved the way for victory in its wake. From the frosty final weeks of…

Ravalli Republic Stevensville Schools and the Montana Chess Association will host a chess tournament on Saturday, March 5 for grades 1-12 to give beginner and…

Stevensville Schools and the Montana Chess Association will host a Chess Tournament on Saturday, March 5 for grades 1-12 to give beginning and intermediate chess players a chance to have fun, compete for prizes and exercise their mental…

“There is always huge popular enthusiasm for the game when important matches and tournaments are going on,” said Michael Hudson, an associate professor at the American University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, who wrote his thesis on chess in…

Jason Licht Chess Set March 1, 2022 General Manager Jason Licht Interesting but meaningless comments this morning from Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht — 13 days and a few hours before the free agency frenzy began. Licht!-->…