Woman International Master (WIM) Alisa Melekhina will be conducting a simultaneous* exhibition at All the King’s Men Chess Center on Sunday, January 31st at 2:00 PM. All the King’s Men will award a $10 ATKM gift certificate to each player* for a win and a $5 gift ATKM certificate for a draw. The [...]
Tournaments are a chance for chess players all around the world to gauge their skills against other chess players — and possibly earn themselves a bit of extra green to pack in their wallet. Fortunately for chess novices to chess enthusiasts, ChessBoss is offering monthly ChessCube Tournaments and Chess Title Tournaments:
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As chess is a game that requires knowledge of your opponent, people who enjoy playing chess are constantly looking for new people to play against. Playing against new opponents gives players the opportunity to increase their skill level through the understanding of different situations, as well as the proper moves to use in the [...]
One of the nice things about chess is how the quality of one’s chess board and chess set does not affect one’s game playing ability. Chess can be played with any set one has lying around, and can be just as fun no matter the quality. That said, however, nothing gives chess the [...]
Natalia Pogonina is a Russian international grandmaster in chess, and one of the top rated women in the world. At the age of 24, she’s already made quite a name for herself since she burst onto the chess scene by winning the Russian Girls under-14 National Championship in 1998. She followed that victory [...]
Yury Shulman is an international grandmaster in chess, originally from what is now Belarus. He currently lives in the United States and, since moving to this country, has been one of the top American players. In 2001, he co-won the World Open, and in 2002 co-won the American Open. He won the [...]
In the European Union, chess is often given a similar importance to sports in most schools, and is frequently considered a requirement. In fact, in 30 countries around the world, chess is part of the required school curriculum, and with good reason. Susan Polgar, World Champion in chess, claims studies suggest that students [...]
Alexandra Kosteniuk is a young, female, international grandmaster in chess, most well known for her attempts to promote chess in the popular media. Born and raised in Russia, she started playing chess at the age of 5, and, at the age of 9, became the female European Champion among girls under the age of 10. [...]
Garry Kasparov is, perhaps, one of the best known names in chess. Born in 1963 in what is today Azerbaijan, he started playing chess at the age of 5, and became the Soviet Junior Champion by the age of 12, the youngest player ever to do so. At the age of 17, he became the [...]
Maurice Ashley was awarded the coveted International Grandmaster title in 1999 by FIDE. Most of his adult work with chess has been to promote chess to youth, as evident by the fact that he has coached two different youth teams from Harlem to national championships. In 1999, he opened the Harlem Chess Center, and was [...]
