Sunday, January 19, 2025

To Succeed in Chess, Start with WHY

Very often I am asked: “How to keep concentration?”, “How to have more energy?”, “How to overcome blunders or painful defeats?” or...

The New Economics of Chess By Tyler Cowen

I just finished watching one of Chess24.com’s Magnus Carlsen-affiliated rapid on-line chess tournaments, when today (a day later?) I see that another tournament has started. ...

“It Comes as a Shock That People Suddenly See You as the Veteran” Vishy...

Former world champion and legend of the game GM Vishy Anand speaks to David Cox about competing with the elite at the age of...

My Wife Won’t Talk to me Because I Won at Chess

This is one interesting story. Hey there, So pretty much like the title says my wife won't talk...

Trap. Dominate. Chess.

Sceptics maintain that live chess is as enthralling as watching paint dry. Ultra-sceptics reply: unfair to paint. As a theatrical experience, it...

The Use Of Engines, Average Centipawn Loss And Online Cheating By Pureheart Loveday

Being a mathematics enthusiast, the subject of centipawn loss is really of interest to me. Irrespective of the primary...

CALL FOR BIDS: FIDE World Championships 2022

IMPORTANT: Please note that FIDE is considering an option to postpone the 2020 competitions to 2021, and the 2021 competitions to 2022....

How Online Chess is Becoming a Pandemic Coping Mechanism Like it did Centuries Ago...

Chess.com, the most-visited global website for online chess play, expects 10 years worth of site growth to occur within the next few months. It...

Breaking: FIDE Suspends Candidates Tournament 2020

The 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament opened officially on March 16, 2020, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, despite the threat of the pandemic, COVID-19. It...

Cheating: Chess has Nearly Seen it all

In chess and other sports, both real and rumored instances of cheating have been around for decades, but other sports malfeasance — sign-stealing...

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