2 yrs ago, Hou Yifan decided to quit defending world title and focus on playing strongest opposition
Azeri GM Teimour Radjabov was a teenaged star and one of the top ten for several years
Leon Masters ended in victory for Wesley So who beat Viswanathan Anand in a hard-fought final
Magnus Carlsen sizzled at the blitz section of the Grand Chess Tour, Lieven
In the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Magnus Carlsen stumbled in sight of a win
The Blind Chess Olympiad is also on, in Macedonia
World champion Magnus Carlsen has been dodgy for a while and may slip down to 2818 by July
Chess equipment will attract tax at the luxury rate of 28 per cent under GST
Chess equipment will attract tax at the luxury rate of 28 per cent under GST
The Moscow Grand Prix ended in triumph for Ding Liren and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Asian Championships in Chengdu will qualify five players for the World Cup
Russian Teams Championship is always guaranteed to produce super games and cutthroat contests
Last world championship in Tehran was marred by a mandatory hijaab in the dress code
The Grenke Classic Super GM ended in triumph for Levon Aronian
Sarin is already too old to break Sergei Karjakin's record for youngest-ever GM
Unbeaten streaks are one of the multitude of stats chessplayers track
The Sharjah Masters ended with a six-way tie for first place
Jacob Aagaard, one of the world's best Grandmaster trainers, gave critical lessons about chess
The Shenzhen Masters is a very strong, very even-rated, six-player double round robin
In practical play, engines often fail to evaluate fortress positions