KCBD

Texas Tech chess player wins 2022 U.S. Open Championship

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Tech student and Grandmaster Aleksey Sorokin is this year’s chess U. S. Open Champion. The senior outlasted more than 400 players to bring the top prize home to Lubbock.
Slate

25 Years Ago, Chess Changed Forever When Deep Blue Beat Garry Kasparov

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Lane Tech sophomore is Chicago’s only national master chess player under 18

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PC Gamer

Greatest chess player of all time goes for the 'Double Bongcloud' opening

So-named because you'd have to be high to try it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While it's something of a fool's game to ...
PC Gamer

World's best chess player loses tournament after 'horror mouseslip'

Magnus Carlsen lost to rival Hikaru Nakamura after misclicking his queen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. World Chess Champion ...
CNN

Iranian chess player Sara Khadem who competed without hijab granted Spanish nationality

An Iranian chess player, who competed in an international tournament without wearing a hijab, has been granted Spanish nationality, Spain’s Minister of Justice announced on Tuesday. She was ...
The Economist

Can Magnus Carlsen convince people to watch chess?

CHESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago high school chess player starts online tutoring to diversify the growing popularity of the game

In the midst of an ongoing national chess boom, a Whitney Young Magnet High School student started tutoring other students on how to play the game in his apartment courtyard. Then struck by the ...
Inc

How Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Rule of the Chess Player to Strengthen Relationships and Perform Under Pressure

When I lived in New York, one of my favorite activities was taking a stroll through Washington Square Park, where I’d make my way to the chess tables. There, a few of us novice players would gather ...
Foster's Daily Democrat

Dover chess player reaches Expert rating, top 3% in U.S. And he wants more.

DOVER — Some nights the 30-minute drive home from his weekly chess match brings angst, while other nights it brings euphoria. For Claude Fried of Dover, all of these experiences have paid off. The ...
Purdue University

Chess Club Building a Bridge for Connection

Board games are not just fun ways to pass the time with friends and family. To play a board game, one must flash their competitive spirit and think strategically while maintaining the balance of ...