Chess: Famous Five
This year’s British Chess Championship will be held from Sunday 22 July to Saturday 4 August 2012 at the Parks…
Puzzle No. 224
Black to play. This position is from Morozevich-McShane, Tal Memorial, Moscow 2012. Black’s next move did not elicit an immediate…
Chess: Magnus Dei
Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess superstar, has added to his numerous laurels by winning the Tal Memorial in Moscow, ahead…
Chess: Don’t panic
The proliferation of short draws in the recently concluded World Championship match has led to some hysterical proposals to adjust…
Puzzle No. 223
Black to play. This is from Anand-Gelfand, rapid-play play-off, World Championship, Moscow 2012. Gelfand eventually lost, but he had a…
Puzzle no. 222
White to play. This is a variation from Spassky-Bronstein, Leningrad 1960, which was used as the basis of the chess…
Chess: Elementary
The latest Sherlock Holmes film, A Game of Shadows, starring Robert Downey jr and Jude Law, pays distinct homage to…
Is Saddam in Russia?
Raymond Keene says that chess players have a hunch about what has happened to the former Iraqi dictator
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