Chess players are often associated with having a memory as strong as a Rook..oops, I mean an Elephant! “Do you remember all your games?” is a common question posed to chess players! Now that would be ...

The game of chess has been around for centuries, and while the rules have remained largely unchanged, the game’s appearance ...

Last fortnight, we discussed ‘Pattern Recognition in Chess’, aided by basic checkmate patterns like the Back Rank Checkmate with the rook and the Queen. Let us continue where we left off in our ...

It is not easy to make small talk about chess. When people hear that I played the game professionally for several years they often ask what kinds of chess sets I like—ornate, sculpted, antique? The ...

What do Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca have in common? Coaches wedded to a certain style of football? Midfielders who became managers? Worked together at Manchester City? Bald? All of these things are ...

Viswanathan Anand has been India’s torchbearer in chess. Along with tennis star Leander Paes, he has embraced sporting longevity, and both are playing their respective sport beyond three decades, more ...