The good news: The Aeroflot Open, long one of the world’s strongest annual Swiss tournaments, was held again in Moscow this month after a four-year, COVID-linked hiatus. The less-good news: The field ...
American Grandmaster Hans Niemann has once again expressed strong criticism of Magnus Carlsen, accusing him and his allies of prioritizing profit over the growth of chess. Niemann, a 21-year-old ...
Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has long been a source of inspiration for chess players in India. However, his contributions go beyond personal achievements. Indian Grandmaster and ...
BROWNSVILLE — The take of this city's chess triumphs is the type of straw from which Hollywood gold is spun: a small, impoverished school district on the border, rising above circumstance to dominate ...
Last November, when Ivan Schitco sat across the chessboard from Magnus Carlsen - the five-time world champion and highest-rated player ever - at the European Team Chess Championship, he could hold out ...
Viswanathan Anand decided to play in the recently-concluded Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz tournament only last year after a hiatus of six years. He was out of playing active chess for a long ...
LINCOLN — In the 1960s and ‘70s, Nebraska experienced a chess boom. Lincoln hosted several national events, and local chess players who started around that time went on to become masters and competed ...
The Chinmaya Open Rating Chess Tournament is gathering remarkable momentum as registrations pour in from across Delhi NCR, with young chess enthusiasts eagerly preparing to make their move in one of ...