New In Chess review: Marin's Power Strategy 2 - Chessbase News
The subject of Mihail Marin's DVD is playing with stable pieces, usually a knight, placed on well-protected squares – a theme he associates with the Soviet ...
Anand: Soviet players didn't want to cheat - Chessbase News
Pawn Sacrifice, the film about the 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer, is in the news everywhere. Indian Express journalist Shivani Naik recently conducted a ...
Magnus at the Qatar Masters Open 2015 - Chessbase News
The Qatar Masters Open 2015 just got bigger, better and stronger. The reason: reigning World Champion and world number one Magnus Carlsen confirmed ...
On Chess: Millionaire Chess offers high gloss and high risk - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
One might wonder what the purpose of having such a tournament is. And even though some tournaments are simply hosted thanks to sponsorship and people that truly love the game (such as the Sinquefield Cup, sponsored by Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield), ...
- Magnus Carlsen - Financial Times
Financial Times
Financial Times
Yet recently, he finished eighth in the Norway Chess Tournament and second in the high-profile Sinquefield Cup. “I am not sure that I am improving but I am learning and that is the key bit,” he says. “I feel I am not a young player any more . . . and ...
Search is on for rich chess sponsors - Financial Times
Financial Times
Financial Times
“Hundreds of millions play it, the imagery of chess is everywhere, but because games aren't on the television, it's under the radar,” says Malcolm Pein, British international master and director of the London Chess Classic tournament. Two of the ...
On Chess: Millionaire Chess offers high gloss and high risk - St. Louis Public Radio
Part of any good chess player's repertoire includes gambits, sacrifices and risks. Specific player's style of play makes them take this path more often.
Interview: Being nerdy is good, says chess world champion Magnus Carlsen - Financial Times
Things do not get off to the best start when I walk into the Hotel Bristol in Oslo to meet Magnus Carlsen. The chess world champion, and the highest-rated human ...
Interview: Being nerdy is good, says chess world champion Magnus Carlsen - Financial Times
Things do not get off to the best start when I walk into the Hotel Bristol in Oslo to meet Magnus Carlsen. The chess world champion, and the highest-rated human ...
On Chess: Millionaire Chess offers high gloss and high risk - St. Louis Public Radio
Part of any good chess player's repertoire includes gambits, sacrifices and risks. Specific player's style of play makes them take this path more often.
Search is on for rich chess sponsors - Financial Times
Chess and golf may appear to share little in common — to begin with, their playing environments could hardly be more different. There is also the fact that ...
Jacques Reber is new Nestlé PH chairman and CEO - The Manila Times
Nestlé Philippines Inc. (NPI) said it has appointed Jacques Reber as chairman and chief executive officer, effective Aug 1, 2015. Reber, who is from Switzerland, ...
On Chess: World Cup works its way from 128 players to two - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
Even their ongoing conflict with Armenia was put aside for this sport: For the first time in many, many years Armenians were invited to Azerbaijan, including the winner of the Sinquefield Cup, Levon Aronian. After being eliminated this year in Baku ...
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Ken Rogoff: economist and chess player - Chessbase News
If you own a television set and watch news you will know him: Prof Kenneth Rogoff, who is interviewed on a weekly basis by the biggest news outlets in the world ...
The Chess Mind Blog - Slipping Past the Guards at the Chess Informant - The Chess Mind
Can chess find a new audience with game show payouts and reality TV? - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wesley So had a confession to make. The grandmaster from Minnetonka had violated virtually every opening principle in the game just to win a pawn. He'd left ...
London Chess Classic 2015 to begin on 4th December - Sportskeeda
Sportskeeda
Sportskeeda
There are only a few months to go before the London Chess Classic 2015, which promises to be one of the biggest events in the history of chess. It will mark the conclusion of the Grand Chess Tour which is in its innaugural year. This year, the classic ...
London Chess Classic 2015 to begin on 4th December - Sportskeeda
Sportskeeda
Sportskeeda
There are only a few months to go before the London Chess Classic 2015, which promises to be one of the biggest events in the history of chess. It will mark the conclusion of the Grand Chess Tour which is in its innaugural year. This year, the classic ...