Cyprus Mail on MSN

Record 101 players competed in the Cyprus Open Chess Championship

International Master Artem Sadovsky claimed the victory.The Cyprus Open Chess Championship concluded on February 8 at Elias Beach Hotel in Limassol. International Master Artem Sadovsky emerged as the ...
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'Queen of Chess' Review: Netflix's Fascinating New Documentary Is 'Queen’s Gambit' Meets 'Battle of the Sexes'

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...
The Indian Express

Freestyle Chess organisers and FIDE bury hatchet to announce FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship

After a long and public squabble, FIDE and the organisers of Freestyle Chess have buried the hatchet and agreed to jointly host a World Championship in the freestyle format this year. Called the FIDE ...
Time

Daniel Naroditsky’s Death Exposes an Existential Threat to Chess

Daniel Naroditsky at the FIDE World Rapid Championship on Dec. 28, 2024 in New York, NY.Lennart Ootes—Getty Images In July, the American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky played a speed chess game against ...
USA Today

Lea Michele makes a rapturous return to Broadway in 'Chess' – Review

NEW YORK – As it turns out, “Chess” is still unfixable. Ever since its London premiere in 1986, folks have tried and failed to crack this convoluted curio of a musical, which follows a Cold War-era ...
The New York Times

Indian boy, aged 3, becomes youngest rated chess player in history

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. Born in 2022, Sarwagya — from Sagar in the ...
The New York Times

Daniel Naroditsky, Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 29

He earned the highest title in the chess world at 17 and built a career as an accomplished chess teacher, commentator and author. By Alexandra E. Petri Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, the ...
Variety

‘Chess’ Stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher on Reviving a Notorious Broadway Flop

If you’ve heard anything about the ’80s musical “Chess,” it’s probably this: catchy songs, nonsensical story. Clearly, they know the challenge ahead as a fresh take on “Chess” opens this month at New ...
Deadline.com

‘Chess’ Broadway Revival With Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele & Nicholas Christopher Sets Opening Date, Venue

Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher, 'Chess' Richard Phibbs Square Chess, the first-ever Broadway revival of the Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice musical which will star Aaron ...
The Economist

Magnus Carlsen on why the future of chess lies in freestyle

ON FEBRUARY 7th the inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will begin on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. My anticipation is immense. At the Weissenhaus Resort, the world’s top players ...
Dexerto

World Chess CEO reveals the most common ways players cheat in over the board tournaments

Cheating in Chess has been a hot topic thanks to high-profile accusations from top players. Ilya Merenzon, the CEO of World Chess, explained to Dexerto the most common ways players cheat. Cheating in ...