The masters are international stars. This may discourage neophytes, who may feel that it is very difficult for them to access. Yet all chess players want others, including beginners, to take up the ...
The drama is palpable, but there can be only one winner. This year – at the 45th Chess Olympiad finals in Budapest – it was India, whose players won both men’s and women’s gold medals and ...
SINGAPORE: Minutes before their first international chess tournament on Tuesday (Oct 8), Singapore’s eight representatives receive instructions from grandmaster Kevin Goh. “Don’t tense up ...
said he offered to host the festival for free in 2022 when he discovered the organisers were "in a little trouble" keeping it going. He said: "I grew up with the chess tournament. My grandfather ...