The only commonality between Chess and Chemistry is the first three letters of those words, but this year’s Nobel Prize has contributed even more to the meaning and established a deeper connection. By now, you should, as a chess player, alre...
Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman, a well-known figure in Bangladeshi chess, passed away while playing the 12th round of the National Chess Championship. Rahman was paired against Grandmaster Enamul Hossain, he collapsed during the game. He was immediately...
I didn’t want to write anything about round three; I wasn't really paying attention, maybe because of the topsy-turvy day yesterday at round two. But you are reading this right now because I didn’t go to sleep; I kept two tabs open, wh...
Backspaced a thousand times, I still cannot find appropriate words to describe the agony players are experiencing right now in Toronto because, unlike yesterday, round two was full of drama, brilliant moves, time trouble, suspense, and whatnot! Al...
The 2023 Vugar Gashimov Memorial has commenced, featuring ten formidable Grandmasters. This prestigious event is taking place at the Gabala Garden Hotel, with sponsorship from the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Azerbaijan Chess Federation. ...
Chess is a great game, no doubt. There are tons of online events going on every now and then. Almost every one of you is participating in those events. Early Titled Tuesday, Late Titled Tuesday, Chessable Masters, Pro Chess League, and so on, you ...
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After a long period of time, on March 20th, I and my team, on behalf of Dhaka University Chess Club, which is one of the oldest chess clubs in the country, were able to arrange an open rapid rating chess tournament for the very first time in our U...
2022 was one of the most remarkable years for chess. Several things have happened, we have witnessed the future stars, we have seen so many frustrating losses, and we have seen the joy in players' eyes, the joy of achieving something that means a ...
2022 was an excellent time for chess. We have seen a lot of stars and noticed their fall too! World Champion Magnus Carlsen will no more be a World Champion whereas Hikaru Nakamura bagged the Chess960 Title! The top-ranking list has gone t...
Chess is called The Royal Game, I guess the reason behind the name is clear. It is because of the numerous historical references to Kings playing or patronizing the game. How the game came into this reality is actually a legend found in my...
I remember opening this ID on November 27th, 3 years ago. Was it a day? Was it a night? I exactly can’t remember this part. But I felt kind of dumb and ignorant because I still didn’t know how to play the game. I saw my friends becomin...
Candidates tournament 2022 is now officially the biggest chess or any sports ‘festival’ with a lot of excitement and frustrations both seen on the face of the players and the audience. You may be rooting for a certain player, but at th...
POV: You are a chess player and not sure whether you are a beginner or intermediate. You browse through the internet and try to watch some videos. Maybe you have read articles like Top Five YouTube Channels to improve your chess, etc. You ...
World Chess Championship 2021 is being played currently between Magnus Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi. The first five games were drawn but in game six, the chess world has witnessed something strange and extraordinary play by Magnus. With white pieces...
No chess player in the world does not know or never has heard about Tal. Tal is genuinely famous for the absurd and miraculous queen sacrifice that he made out of nowhere. He had such a unique style of playing the game that at that time it was qui...
On August 30, 1999, world-renowned newspaper The Guardian published a piece of article on a boy; the title was “Chess star is born, aged 8” The author was English Chess master Leonard Barden, who is 92 years old now. Leonard wrote: ...
People are excited about the World Chess Championship 2021, but how about people with disabilities? FIDE has announced the date and preliminary pairing of the fourth world cup for people with disabilities. The event will be organized from ...
You are a chess player and you want to improve your game. Books can help you to achieve what you want, but not every time it's possible to learn directly from the book. A visual representation can help you to understand the content quickly! So the...
A couple of years ago, I saw a picture of a little boy playing chess with the adults, and the photo was captioned: "Brilliant and young Samuel Reshevsky confronting 10 chess masters at once....He lost to everyone!" FAKE CAPTION! FAK...
Those who are looking for chess books, very well know that it is quite impossible to select one book and finish reading them. Because there are a lot of books! Those books are well designed to fall in love at first sight for, their covers are awes...
Hello there! As all of you have enjoyed Part One and Part Two of the chess memes, I am here again with Part Three now! Let's jump into the memes directly. Don't forget to tell me which one you've liked the most! #1 #2 #3 #4 ...
As Part One of the Chess Memes went pretty well, a lot of you have asked me to come up with part two! Here are another twelve memes. This time we have Mikhail Tal on board. Let's jump into the memes directly. Don't forget to tell me which one y...
Is chess a boring game? Certainly not! Chess is full of fun, especially if you take it that way. We all lose our games sometimes, but the tension walking on a thin line of the nerves- that is what keeps us alive (otherwise we all would be heavi...
No castle chess is the new sensation in the chess world. Currently, at Dortmund, Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik are playing four-match games of which Anand won the first one and drew the second game! History of No Castle Chess: No ...
