Chess players

WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI - "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix has viewers glued to the screen. Set during the Cold War era, orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon battles addiction in a quest to become the world's greatest chess player.…

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Two Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base won Air Force honors at the 61st United States Armed Forces Chess Championship, held Oct. 10-12 in Virginia Beach,…

As competitive chess players playing for Hong Kong, we have seen many different games and many different opponents. But rarely have we seen such an exciting portrayal of the game as in The Queen's Bet, the new mini-series from Netflix.…

President of the American Chess Federation, Mike Hoffpauir, a retired colonel, led the tournament.“We were very lucky to have him with us and as tournament director,” Randall said. "It was a big deal."Randall thanked Hoffpauir and Tom…

By now you've heard all about The Queen's Bet, a recently released Netflix series that follows the fictional life of an orphaned chess prodigy named Beth Harmon. While critics call the series "irresistible" and "thrilling,“Is that…

A new study, conducted using data collected over a period of 125 years, reveals that the ability to play chess peaks around the age of 30. Although our muscle mass begins to deteriorate after the age of 30 at a rate of 3-8%, it seems that…

The best chess players play at their best between the ages of 35 and 45, according to a scientific paper published Monday that discusses game-based performance data of world chess champions and their opponents. Playing strength…

Members of the Penrose family have made great contributions to different fields of science. Mathematician, physicist and scientific philosopher Roger Penrose has just received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his…

There are many world champions, challengers, candidates, world-class players, national champions and well-known grandmasters in chess circles. The best players our game has ever seen are constantly celebrated and for…

The unexpected paradox of openness In a knockout chess tournament, grandmasters Fritz and Chester must play in the final. Ten decisive matches will determine the outcome of the championship. Although GM Chester…

Jupinderjit Singh When Saanvi Aggarwal from Chandigarh won second place in the National Chess Under 5 category in 2018, she highlighted the potential of North Indian chess players. Although…

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray makes a move to the right side. He places himself behind a line of defense and is in a privileged position to achieve victory. The defense tries to stop him, but Murray's experience and expertise!-->…

Who are the strongest chess players of all time? There are almost as many opinions on the relative strength of great chess players as there are chess players. Opinions have been based on dominance, career longevity,…

The abyss of cheating “If a player is determined to cheat, it will happen,” said chess organizer Walter High. Apparently players cheat on a regular basis. ChessBase articles on cheating are cataloged here. the…

Gata Kamsky is an American grandmaster. He is the former Soviet junior champion and five-time US champion. His highest world ranking was number four and he challenged GM Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Championship in 1996.…

Alireza Firouzja is a grandmaster of Iranian origin living in France. He is a double Iranian champion and reigning Fischer Random European champion. In late 2019 and early 2020, Firouzja electrified the chess world with his…

Daniil Dubov is a Russian grandmaster and world class player. He tied for first place at the 2015 Aeroflot Open and burst onto the international chess scene by winning third place at the 2016 World Blitz Championship. Dubov was…

Generational meme wars escalate as "OK, boom" (often with the necessary comma omitted) is now a catch-all answer to eclipse any disagreement between young and old. This unstoppable meme has made its way onto the…

Shakira Luster fixes the chessboard, takes her pawn and moves it exactly two squares forward. The Queen's Gambit, her signature opening. She taps on the clock and waits for her opponent to return.Nothing shakes his concentration as the…

EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZGetty Images In the five months it took to complete the 1984 World Chess Championship in Moscow (between chess legend Garry Kasparov and then-champion Anatoly Karpov), Karpov is…

This year Chess.com has been working on new resources to help you connect with the chess community. Our latest project, Best Chess Players, is now in alpha mode, and you can start learning more about your favorite…

WHO ARE THEY? Everybody wants to win a shine price, but few experience it. In this article, I found several "unknown players” who were actually able to seize this dream. Can you solve these positions? If you do, you…

Vladimir Fedoseev is a Russian chess grandmaster and one of the top 100 players in the world. He is a Chess.com streamer at twitch.tv/bigfish1995. Your browser does not support the audio element. Youth and career…

Viswanathan Anand, the 15th undisputed chess champion and arguably the greatest Indian chess player of all time, was born on December 11, 1969 in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, the most southeastern state of India. India. Anand,…

Alexander Grischuk is a Russian super grandmaster who is regularly among the best players in the world. Although he is an elite professional chess player, Grischuk is well known to be one of the best blitz players. He is a…

Vladimir Kramnik is the only world chess champion born in the 1970s, holding the classic title from 2000-06 and the undisputed title from 2006-07. He spent more than two decades as one of the top chess players before retiring in…

Several chess players have already turned to political careers (short nigel and Julio Granda only last week!), and at least two more are running for senior positions this fall to try to join them. As previously stated on this…

There's a lot of talk about who the best chess players are, but today we're looking at the the most dangerous assassins in the chess battlefield. Magnus Carlsen may be the greatest of all time, but his games are…

In 2014, a collapsed chess competitor in his last game of the Chess Olympiad in Norway. In a few hours, another was found died in his hotel room. Earlier, a chess grandmaster died of a heart attack playing a tournament match in…

Ernest Hemingway smiles in a black and white photograph hanging on the wall. Below him, patrons of the "Hemingway Room" at SoCo Coffee in Santa Rosa are quietly concentrating on a quick game of chess, tapping timer buttons in a…