Judit Polgar: “I love chess”
While Vladimir Potkin's transformation from coach into major tournament winner was impressive, perhaps the most popular story of the recent…
Vladimir Potkin on chess coaching and cheating
In an interview given after becoming European Individual Champion, Vladimir Potkin talks about how he won, what it means for…
Blondes have more fun
Hopefully, at least, as the chess didn't go quite so well for them! The brunette team won the April Fool's Day blitz…
Blondes versus brunettes
Yes, it's the chess event the world's been waiting for! Later today, in the famous Botvinnik Central Chess Club in Moscow, a team of blonde players will compete…
Anti-hero? Evgeny Vasiukov on Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoi, who turned 80 yesterday, is one of the great figures of twentieth-century chess, but also one of the most…
“I don’t consider chess a game. It’s theatre.”
Kseniya Simonova's mesmerising sand art performance was the highlight of the opening ceremony of the 2011 Amber Chess Tournament. Afterwards, the…
GM Ruslan Ponomariov answers your questions: Part II
Ever been confused by the plethora of chess engines? Fiddled around with Microsoft's Chess Titans? Do you find Dvoretsky's books tough going? If so, you've…
Farcical end to strong women’s event
Chess events perhaps aren't famed for their organisation, but it's still unusual to find all the participants of a major…
Le Quang Liem and the Soviet School of Chess
Moscow's Aeroflot Open can be something of a graveyard for foreign chess talent, so for the Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem to win it twice in a row…
Can you match Garry Kasparov?
Garry Kasparov, with some help from his wife Dasha, recently won the Georgian charity version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?", answering 15 questions correctly…