The sheer number of accounts (often boosted by blue checks) taking the post seriously is staggering. The furious replies ...

To casual observers, chess could seem boring. To Ben Foley, chess is an exciting game that can impart many valuable lessons. He says it teaches kids to concentrate, exercise patience, think critically ...

The man who defeated Carlsen “For me, chess is my life. Sport, art, leisure ... then I ‘caught’ my own rook and the endgame became a theoretical draw. Magnus really wanted to win and ...

“For me, chess is my life. Sport, art, leisure, a tool for personal growth ... I could have won the game several times, then I ‘caught’ my own rook and the endgame became a theoretical ...

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with fellow Indian Aravindh Chithambaram as the two stayed a full point ahead of nearest challengers after the fifth round of Prague Masters chess ...

Keymer, meanwhile, ran low on time and wasted some moves moving his rook back and forth to just draw. The Indian obviously understood it better and used his pieces well to win a couple of pawns.

Chithambaram was quite unstoppable as he kept increasing the pressure till Keymer walked into a lost rook and pawns endgame; it took 45 moves in all. Praggnanandhaa has shown his ability to play all ...

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the Whitmer High School chess team won its biggest tournament in the last decade. The team in the freshman/sophomore division won the Strategic Interplay Tournament at the Toledo Museum of Art ...