During a recent tournament game, I accepted a draw in an advantageous position against a young and upcoming player. Before the game I was expected to win due to my higher rating and stronger ...

Excerpted with permission from the publishers The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age Peter Doggers, published by Little, Brown/ Hachette India. One ...

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand on Thursday said that in an era where players are overwhelmed by data from computers, deep understanding has become the only true differentiator in modern ...

In Chess, women can compete in ‘Women’s’ as well as ‘Open’ — meaning this section is open to men as well as women of all age groups. There are, in fact, no ‘Men’s Only’ events in Chess, only Open and ...

Predictions of AI doom have been wrong before. When reigning World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov accepted a challenge in the 90s to play against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, many in the chess ...

Garry Kasparov’s famous quote, “Chess is life in miniature.” maintains its relevance because just as life occurs in stages, so does chess. Understanding what each stage represents will help us adjust ...

Classical chess is what most people think of as ‘standard’ chess, especially at a serious level. The same rules apply here; however, there is a difference in time control.In classical chess, players ...

Discover how Akiba Rubinstein’s strategic brilliance teaches us to convert positional advantages into victories—one weakness at a time Often, we get positions where we are aware of possessing an ...

As a chess grandmaster and a business visionary, I’ve found that the parallels between chess and trade are striking. Both require prescience, flexibility and a profound understanding of complex ...