Over the years, one of the most popular questions which I am being asked is what are some of the most memorable moments in my career? I have experienced hundreds if not thousands of exciting, ...
Disturbing accusations of “grooming” and sexual abuse have recently rocked the world of professional chess. Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez is reportedly currently under investigation by two major chess ...
Morphy’s first chess teacher was his uncle — a weak player — and Capablanca picked up the game from his father — who was likely even worse, but modern players from Bobby Fischer on were far more ...
The question of the week is can I point to a single experience in my life, which I can define as having contributed to who I am or what I do today? The answer is I can probably point to at least three ...
Chess’s most prestigious tournament is battling a splashy Saudi event. The post The Planet’s Best Chess Players Are Having ...
It is the biggest match in chess. The biggest moment in 18-year-old D Gukesh's life is almost here. As he aspires to be the youngest ever king the sport has crowned, standing in his way is the ...
One day in May, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was watching the last two moves of Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s online chess game. Ever-patient, Nakamura had been mentoring Lengyel, a top Twitch streamer ...
“Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy,” according to American chess Grandmaster Andrew Soltis. Morphy was a child chess ...
Viswanathan Anand feels that weeks of intense training and hard work comes to nothing as it boils down to few last critical moments and grabbing the opportunity. Viswanathan Anand feels that weeks of ...