Month: October 2020

[Hwan Cho] This article discusses how businesses are related to chess. The three principles that this article talks about are knowing your main goal, planning every move, and knowing your opponent.

The biggest business owners in the world play chess. Bill Gates is an avid chess player , although he loses in a matter of 9 – 12 turns against the best chess players in the world. But chess is played to help many business owners learn corporate strategy. Strategic […]

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[Hwan Cho] The 1st season of the new Netflix show, The Queen’s Gambit has finally released. It is so far 100 percent rated on rotten tomatoes and 8.9/10 on IMDb. This show is set during the cold war era as the main character Beth Harmon strives her way towards becoming the greatest chess player in the world as she tries to overcome her struggles with addiction.

A must-watch: The Queen’s Gambit David Llada, renowned chess photographer from Spain and FIDE’s head of marketing, is soccer fan. And usually the match Real Madrid against FC Barcelona, “El Clasico”, as they say in Spain, is a must for him. But this weekend he decided against the “Clasico” […]

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[Hwan Cho] For those of you who watched or read Harry Potter’s first novel, “The Philosopher’s Stone” there is a chess scene at the end. This article describes the struggles and careful planning it took for Jeremy Silman who planned the chess sequence in the movie of “The Philosopher’s Stone”

For those of you who don’t speak chess terminology, IM stands for International Master, the second highest title after GM; Grand Master. The official chess governing body, FIDE, gives out the IM title to a player who has achieved two criteria. 1) A certain rating, built up by good […]

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