October 2020

Chess is supposed to be a game of the mind. It is a world where emotions do not reach, where only logic reigns. However, someone forgot to mention it at The Queen's Gambit, Netflix's surprisingly moving new miniseries starring Anya…

"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity should be kept alive. You should never, for whatever reason,…

A new study, conducted using data collected over a period of 125 years, finds that the ability to play chess peaks in your 30s. Although our muscle mass begins to deteriorate after the age of 30 at a rate of 3 to 8 percent, it appears that…

Young Indian international master Leon Luke Mendonca achieved his first grandmaster standard after winning the tournament title at the Rigochess International Festival in Hungary.The 14-year-old Mendonca won six games, drew and lost one…

CHENNAI: Young Indian international master Leon Luke Mendonca achieved his first grandmaster standard after winning the tournament title at the International Rigochess Festival in Hungary. The 14-year-old Mendonca won six games, drew and…

-- How do you portray genius? Better and Lesser Efforts than the Seven-Part Netflix Miniseries "The Queen's Wager" have tried and failed at the task. Based on a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, "Queens" stars Anya Taylor-Joy ("The witch") as…

RedDeerGames, the creators of the well-received cyberpunk arcade puzzle game Cyberprotocol, have joined forces with the legendary animation studio Platige image to bring a fantastic chess game to life for the whole family. Brawl Chess…

Cyberprotocol developer RedDeerGames, in partnership with animation studio Platige Image, will release a cartoon-style chess game Brawl chess for Xbox One and Switch on November 26, followed by PC via To smoke in 2021, the company said.…

Anya Taylor-Joy stars in Netflix The Queen's Gambit. PHIL BRAY / NETFLIX A young girl looks at the ceiling of her bed late at night. Suddenly the dark shadows begin to twinkle. What was once an indecipherable darkness transforms into…

A Wednesday evening of melancholy nostalgia–Blue-black in autumnal happiness.Here you hear a calling voice“Come play chess!”, And that's it:Chess club tonight from 9am to 10:30 am @…

Those wondering where the matchmaking ranking, also known as MMR, comes from, the answer is Chess. And although the game is at least a thousand years old, it is coming back to modern eSports. Well-known organization Cloud9…