Chess is war on a board - a battle of wits, strategic dance moves, and Jedi-like foresight. And as with any great performance, everything depends on nailing that strong opening scene. Those early ...

Chess solution 2593 1 Nxf4!Kxf4 2 Kd3 (stops Bd4) Bh4 3 g3+! Bxg3 4 Ke2! (stops Bf2) Bh2 5 Kf1! stops Bg1) and the a5 pawn queens. Chess solution 2592 1 Bg6+ Kg8 2 Rf8+! Rxf8 3 Qxf8+! Kxf8 4 Re8 mate.

Chess is often seen as a tool to aid rational thinking and logical reasoning. The game itself incorporates various ...

The drama is palpable, but there can be only one winner. This year – at the 45th Chess Olympiad finals in Budapest – it was India, whose players won both men’s and women’s gold medals and ...

Kees De Kruif said the biggest improvement to Guernsey since he began visiting in the 1970s was the start of Sunday opening for pubs A Dutch chess player who first took part in a Guernsey chess ...

A Romanian chess grandmaster was expelled from a national-level competition after being accused of using a mobile device during play, organizers announced on Monday. Kirill Shevchenko, currently ...

SINGAPORE: Minutes before their first international chess tournament on Tuesday (Oct 8), Singapore’s eight representatives receive instructions from grandmaster Kevin Goh. “Don’t tense up ...

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Chess governing body FIDE's general assembly on Sunday upheld a ban on Russian and Belarusian players imposed after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, while backing a ...

SINGAPORE – A geopolitical game unfolded on Sept 22 as Russia and Ukraine jostled over a proposal to lift sanctions on Russian participation – in international chess competitions. The winner?

Gukesh D of India at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. New Delhi: India has bagged a gold medal in the Chess Olympiad for the first time in history, the gold was claimed in the open ...

Russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled. In a dramatic move, an International Chess Federation (Fide) general assembly meeting in Budapest ...

A Dutch chess player who first took part in a Guernsey chess tournament more than 45 years ago said friends he had made over the decades kept him returning. Kees De Kruif, 68, from Amsterdam ...