Shoppers and chess fans were thrilled and amazed as nine chess Masters took on a rolling queue of 15 players each, simultaneously, in a marathon six-hour display outside of Holy Trinity Church on Saturday (September 11). Around 400 players, as young as eight years old, gave battle against the […]
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Chess has always been popular, but has it ever been this popular? The Walter Tevis novel The Queen’s Gambit came out in 1983. Obviously, there was a market for it. But nothing like the 2020 miniseries which, even though it did not come out until October, ended up the […]
When you see chess in movies, it’s always associated with great minds—and there’s a good reason for this: chess is the ultimate intellectual game. Being a great chess player requires superb strategic abilities, planning, calculation, pattern recognition, and making good trades/investments. All of these skills can be directly translated […]
Have you ever wondered why chess sets can be found in parks and other public spaces and contemplated what their role is within these spaces? Studies have shown that sports and games work to reduce stress and improve the overall mental health of the public. Chess, one of world’s […]
If you are a chess player on the internet you have almost certainly seen IM Kostya Kavutskiy . Whether he’s streaming at ChessDojo , uploading to his YouTube channel , or commentating on Titled Tuesday , Kavutskiy is always offering entertainment and insight. Those insights also make him an […]
Evgeny Sveshnikov, a chess grandmaster who was among the world’s best players in the 1970s and who made significant contributions to the theory of the game, particularly in the openings, one of which is named for him, died on Wednesday in Moscow. He was 71. His death was confirmed […]