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Garry Kasparov : 'A game designed for me' 25 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
The chess grandmaster says the key to his success has not only been his talent but his discipline and intuition. Acknowledged by many as the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov has been ...
Boy wonder Wei Yi shows the grandmasters how to do it at World Cup 24 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
Wei Yi, aged 14, stole the early show in the current World Cup at Tromso when he knocked out two eminent grandmasters and gave China its best prospect yet. The boy is already the youngest GM in the wo...
Bracket frenzy at the Chess World Cup 22 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
What is it about a bracket that brings such fervor? Chess could admit that its tournament systems can get a bit impotent and confusing at times – from round robin to Swiss systems, half points to fu...
An International Master Is Disqualified Over Suspicions of Cheating 21 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
A high-profile chess player has been caught up in the growing number of cheating scandals. The chess player, Jens Kotainy, a German international master, was disqualified at the Sparkassen Chess Meeti...
Carlsen insists on 'illness clause' for Indian chess match 19 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
Norwegian chess sensation Magnus Carlsen has inserted an "illness clause" in his contract to play a world chess championship match in India due to fears of falling sick, an official said on Monday. Ca...
Chess Feast in Norway 17 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm
From August 10 till September 5, 128 chess players will descend on the Norwegian city of Tromsø to contest the FIDE World Cup. Only two of the best chess players will be missing: the world chess cham...
The 5-Move Chess Problem That Was So Hard Even Garry Kasparov Couldn't Figure It Out 15 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
A game begins 1.e4 and ends on move 5 with the move knight takes rook checkmate. What was the whole game? Well, evidently Kasparov was rather familiar with this problem, because he followed up in a tw...
Sparkling new chess game collection offers a trip to ‘Planet Chukky’ 13 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
He may be the most talented — and star-crossed — chess player of his generation. His admiring peers routinely say that mercurial Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk possesses as much natural skill and c...
At 41, a Chess Player Regains His Edge and High Ranking 12 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
Unlike in football, basketball or baseball — where players lose their skills as they age — in chess some older players experience a competitive renaissance and regain the form that made them champ...
Michael Adams's victory in Dortmund ranks with the best of British 10 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
Michael Adams's impressive victory this week at Dortmund with an unbeaten 7/9 ranks among the finest tournament performances ever by an English chess player. The Cornishman, 41, described it as the gr...
