Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) is considered to be one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, but he was also a great chess fan. Marc Lopez, of the radio program Cooltura Escacs, sent us this article.
Explanations for Magnus Carlsen’s shock two losses in a row in Shamkir included the World Champion’s own suggestion that he watched too much TV. In a recent interview Elizbar Ubilava instead pointed to a deliberate attempt to pla...
European chess fans have been nocturnally active of late, since the biggest events are currently happening in Havana, Cuba and St. Louis, USA, in utterly un-European time zones. In Europe, meanwhile, the Eurovision final was perha...
Yesterday World Champion Magnus Carlsen drew a game against an unusual opponent: the whole of Norway, complete with help from the country’s three top-grandmasters-not-named-Magnus, the chess computer Houdini and a mysterious man ...
The 49th Capablanca Memorial is underway in the grand halls of the Habana Riviera Hotel, Cuba. The elite tournament got off to a relatively calm start, with three draws and limited chances to upset the balance, although Cuban no. 1 ...
The city of St. Louis, Missouri was recently designated the "National Chess Capital" by the United States Senate, just days before 12 men and 10 women will compete in the U.S. and U.S. Women's Championships. Gata Kamsky and Irina Kr...
Vladimir Kramnik recently gave a fascinating interview to Brazilian filmmaker Clara Cavour, in which he explained that his chess achievements surprised him given he’s never been competitive by nature. He also talks about chess as ar...
The 49th Capablanca Memorial runs from the 8th to the 18th May in Havana, Cuba. This year’s edition again features a host of top players, including Ukrainian star and six-time winner Vassily Ivanchuk. Another participant, Spa...
Dutch teen Anish Giri is the final player in the 10-player line-up for next month’s Norway Chess supertournament. His name was revealed during a press conference in Oslo today featuring Magnus Carlsen, who described Giri as a player...
World no. 2 Levon Aronian was many people’s favourite to win the recent Candidates Tournament and qualify for a World Championship match against Magnus Carlsen. Instead the Armenian star finished in a hugely disappointing 6th pla...
A second bidding deadline has come and gone without a single bid being received for the November rematch between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. Why is it proving a struggle to find hosts for a match involvin...
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