MIKHAIL CHIGORIN (1850-1908), bearded and hard-drinking, was certainly one of the three or four best players in the world towards the end of the 19th century, and the first Russian to devote his life ...

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OUR GAME today is a herculean struggle between two men who are New Jersey chess champions. GM Alex Stripunsky, of Fair Lawn, is our current state co-champion. He is a well-known player throughout the ...

That actual exchange from an actual recent Senate hearing may have been less than edifying, but it did get us thinking about the stark decline in that ultimate in mano a mano chess, the challenge ...

The annual Christmas holiday tournament held in the Sussex town of Hastings, England, may have peaked a little early, but it’s still been a reliable producer of top-flight chess in the 125 years since ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Mikhail Chigorin Memorial 18th International Chess Festival is ongoing in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a result of 5 rounds, grandmaster Zaven Andriasian and international master Hovik ...