London Review of Books1d
On the Chess Circuit
On​ the morning of 18 April 2023, the chess grandmaster Ding Liren was discussing tactics with his coach. He was ...
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen broke a dress code with jeans. Now he’s selling them for charity
The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced this week that he is auctioning off the Italian luxury brand jeans that started a ...
Sports Illustrated6d
Bills re-sign key offensive chess piece to one-year ERFA contract
The Buffalo Bills deployed a sixth offensive lineman more frequently than any other NFL team last season and Alec Anderson was the guy. Buffalo ensured that Anderson will again be available in ...
Local News 86d
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
“Chess in Russia was a kind of religion. It was much more than just a game with 64 squares and 32 pieces. “The names of Karpov, the names of (Mikhail) Tal, (Tigran) Petrosian and others were ...
A 960° turn in chess: Magnus Carlsen’s freestyle chess takes on FIDE’s rule-bound world
Indian elections' 'resort politics' is paralleled in chess with the introduction of freestyle chess by Magnus Carlsen, ...
Muskogee Phoenix1d
CHESS CORNER: Find right angles in chess
Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...
antiquestradegazette3d
Chess Sets
Among the pieces still in existence from this period are those from the famous Lewis chessmen hoard – the cache of 12th or 13th century walrus ivory carvings that now chiefly resides in the British ...