COVID-19…Bruvschess Media Cares. Be Safe!

COVID-19 is turning our lives upside down, and I think we are all struggling a bit with how to proceed.While things may...

Five Great Ways Chess Can Influence Your Life!

Chess is one of those games that requires a lot of brain involvement and concentration, but at the same time can be really...

How to be a Global Chess Champion by Viswanathan Anand

'There’s something to be said about working towards achieving a goal without obsessing over how far you’re from it,' Viswanathan Anand

“As Long as this Regime is in Iran, I Don’t Have a Chance” ...

Just last month, Shohreh Bayat who is an arbiter for the International Chess Federation feared that she would not be able to return home (Iran)...

12 Lessons on Business Strategy From the Game of Chess

Are you a chess player? Well, not a lot of people are. Therefore, if your answer is no, you really need to...

“Love, the Only Thing That Makes our World a Better Place” Happy Valentine’s day!

Its February 14th people! A day dedicated to celebrating love and affection named after Saint Valentine, a Catholic priest who lived in Rome in the...

How Well Do You Know Ancient Board Games?

Long before Settlers of Catan, Scrabble and Risk won legions of fans, actual Roman legions passed the time by playing Ludus Latrunculorum, a strategic showdown...

Will the Coronavirus Affect Ding Liren and Wang Hao’s Appearance for the Candidates Tournament?

The Coronavirus in China has been affecting GM Ding Liren and GM Wang Hao's preparation for the Candidates Tournament. According to both Grandmasters, they stated...

Candidates 2020: FIDE Debunk Quarantine Rumor by GM Ian Rogers

Although the year 2020 came with so much joy and improvement, it also came with a deadly virus“THE CORONAVIRUS”. Towards the end...

“I cannot challenge Magnus Carlsen. Nobody can beat him” : Ding Liren

Ding Liren, the current world number-three and strongest Chinese chess player in history, speaks to David Cox about the rise of Chinese...

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Wadim Rosenstein Didn’t Just Announce a Chess Event. He Made the World Look.

Most chess events come and go quietly with a flyer, a post and a few shares. The usual crowd sees it. There...

An End of an Era as Dasaolu Olurotimi Steps Back from National Friends of...

For many years, Dashe has been one of the familiar names in Nigerian chess organization. Through Friends of Chess, and later National Friends of Chess, he built a platform that gave players across different parts of Nigeria the chance to compete. Now, with NFOC 2026 titled An End of an Era, he is stepping away from that role.

Nigerian Chess Community Mourns the Loss of Sandif Samson, Rising Star from Gombe State

The Nigerian chess community mourns the loss of Sandif Samson, a FIDE-registered chess player from Gombe State who tragically lost his life in a road accident while on his way to write his Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A student leader, competitor, and rising talent gone too soon.