Even more little things to help your chess game
Yes, I made another one Article “Little Things” (highlighting IM Cyrus Lakdawala again).
Why another? Because I think it's very instructive. See (and understand) a ton of them and your chess IQ should skyrocket.…
Chess game at the highest altitude: Romanian players
David Longhel | World Records Academy • Sep 24, 2018
"I did not escape any piece in the rook and the chessboard was safely lowered. All the bishops escaped well," said Flaviu Cernescu
Bucharest, Romania -- Flavius…
Little things that help your chess game
Most lower rated players want to improve their game, but many just want to blitz and have a good time. I certainly understand that! However, for those who want to be as good as possible, they will have to work hard.…
Vladimir Fedoseev | best chess players
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.
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Youth and career…
Viswanathan Anand – Bio and Statistics | best chess players
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 | best chess players
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 | best chess players
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…
How this Granada Hills Charter High senior gets her champion chess set – Daily News
It is not uncommon for young people to enlist in the army to “see the world”. But for a high schooler from Porter Ranch, it was the game of chess that took her across the United States and to South America, the United Arab Emirates and…
2 other chess players turn to politics
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…
When it comes to international chess, Trump is a master
Bishop on e6.It was the name of the 17th move in what is commonly known as "the game of the century" when, on October 17, 1956, 13-year-old Bobby Fischer defeated 26-year-old chess master Donald Byrne and shot the chess game. upside-down…
The 5 most dangerous chess players of all time
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…
the best chess players live longer
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…
The story of “Hyperchess”, a 3D chess game inspired by Star Trek
Max Chappell selling hyperchess at a Star Trek convention. All images courtesy of Max Chappell.In 1993, Max Chappell, an obscure board game designer from San Diego, California, loaded up his Plymouth Voyager van with a bunch of…
“It’s a bit like a game of chess that takes place in six seconds.”
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo answers questions after an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
SANTA CLARA -- This is the transcript…
Magician’s Gambit Review – A Great Fantasy-Themed VR Chess Game
The concept of playing chess in virtual reality certainly has its merits. Not everyone will be looking for such games, but fans of the sport can certainly appreciate a change of scenery. Magician's Gambit for the Oculus Rift is a…
Chess Ultra for Xbox One review: A deep chess game with cross-platform multiplayer
Ripstone, the British publisher of Pure Chess, has just developed its own sequel called Chess Ultra. With realistic graphics, cross-platform multiplayer versus the Steam version, and plenty of puzzles, Chess Ultra really has almost…
Dungeons and Dragons comes to virtual reality like a game of chess
The Dungeons and Dragons brand is generally synonymous with adventure, exploration, and battling evil monsters to gain experience and loot. Naturally, Dungeons & Dragons and VR would seem like the perfect marriage,…
Pep Guardiola is the tactical king of 3-dimensional chess for Bayern Munich | Launderer’s…
@br_ukFootball wasn't always like this. In fact, it's usually not like that. What is happening at Bayern Munich right now is brilliant and perhaps unique: a revolution playing out every week on global television screens.Pep Guardiola is…
Oi Debt Restructuring: A 4 Player Chess Game (OTCMKTS: OIBZQ)
Image of Wikipedia Background In the next weeks, Oi SA (OIBR) management will be very busy defending the company against the potential consequences of noncompliance with certain restrictive clauses and the possible repercussions of a court…
Colombia’s peace talks with ELN and FARC
Colombia is moving closer to a future without armed guerrilla groups. Talks with the 52-year-old and 7,000-strong Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, are well advanced, though they missed a March 23 deadline for a…
On the chessboard: Local chess tournaments celebrate MLK day
MLK Classic Chess Tournament Premiere Section Winners: Alabama State Champion Scott Varagona, Calera, Terrence Edinburg, Montgomery and Kevin Wang, Atlanta. Both adult and school chess players participated in the one-day event. The annual…
Chess players gather for coffee and a game in Santa Rosa
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…
On chess: the game of kings belongs to children
When I was learning chess, my father was a chess master, my brother was better than me, and I wondered at what age I would excel. My father told me that 35 was the highest age for chess players.…
Checkmates at MLK Chess Tournaments and the Unstoppable World Chess Champion
MLK2.jpgEveryone was champion at the annual Scholastic MLK chess tournament in Birmingham. K-12 chess players test their skills in competitive play. Photo courtesy of Magic City U and Caesar Chess.The annual MLK chess tournaments, held in…
Kickstarter Table Alert: Beguile: Spice Up Your Chess Game
My eldest daughter has been getting interested in chess again lately, but she quickly finds out that it's quite difficult to play against someone who has a lot more experience. And although I'm not very good at chess myself, I can…
ECU dress code for chess tournaments
Interview with Sava Stoisavljevic on the dress code for chess tournaments
By WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
Anastasia Karlovich: How did you come up with the idea of formulating a dress rule and implementing it in the ECU regulations?…