The first round of the two-legged semifinal in the Crypto Cup between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So was meandering to a dour draw when a flock of mosquitoes intruded into Nepomniachtchi’s room and snapped his fierce focus. In the onslaught of the insectile intrusion, the Russian, who would challenge […]
A chess contest offers $100,000 of bitcoin as a prize alongside a $220,000 cash pot Location: Hong Kong (SOUNDBITE) (English) FTX CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAM BANKMAN-FRIED SAYING ON SPONSORING THE TOURNAMENT: “… in a number of ways you know the chess demographic overlaps a fair bit with the cryptocurrency demographic […]
Chess masters have, over the past two centuries, devised various spectacular final ‘endgames’ for themselves. Some of the more eccentric and ingenious methods have included: defenestration (such as, Curt von Bardeleben 1861–1924 and Lembit Oll 1966–2019), leaping to their doom from bridges (Karen Gregorian 1947–1989), plunging one way into […]
A 10-year-old boy won the title of National Chess Master on May 1. Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi ‘s win makes him the the 28th youngest person in the country to achieve that high ranking, per the U.S. Chess Federation . Tani’s remarkable abilities as a chess player helped him and […]