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RELATED STORIES Need to catch up? Read our previous Riverdale recap here. You’d think after last week’s humiliating quiz show defeat, Riverdale‘s Bret would have the decency to slink away quietly. Yep, you’d be wrong. The preppie jerk accepts Jughead’s challenge to an old-fashioned duel, and Mr. DuPont lays out the ground rules: First, they’ll […]
Russia’s Danill Dubov, 22, has won the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in St. Petersburg, seeing off rivals including world number one Magnus Carlsen to claim the $ 1 million prize and earning praise from Vladimir Putin. Dubov won the World Rapid championship on Friday, in which players are permitted just 15 minutes each […]
Noahmund brings back the familiar atmosphere of PS1 & SNES JRPGS in both visual and audio aesthetics, aiming to capture the feel of the early entries in the genre. In keeping with the look and sound, it will also immerse you in a deep story of love and war while offering some strategic, chess-inspired fights […]
It aims to explore Cold War tensions and is loosely based on the rivalry of chess grandmasters American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky but is muddled and puerile. The Fischer character, defeated in the first act, switches allegiance in the second more often than the shadiest Le Carré character but without a fraction of […]
PH Michael Ball soars in Chess as the musical makes its return to the West End At last the kings have regained their crown. In 1986 Chess was supposed to be the crowning glory of ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and opened to huge fanfare but swiftly hit some bum notes with audiences […]
MARK KEHOE Mr Ball is very excited to star in Chess Lesser mortals would be aghast at the prospect but you can almost feel his pleasure at being so busy. On Sundays he’ll be hosting his Radio 2 show; the rest of the week he’ll be starring in the revival of the musical Chess at […]
They were fired within hours of each other by the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals. They’ve coached against each other in the American Hockey League and NHL. Now, Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice and Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau are engaged in another chess match as their teams face off against each other in the first […]
Spanish photographer David Lloda travels the world shooting tournaments. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a611d75f476552d660f087b/master/pass/07_20160831%20Baku%20Chess%20Olympiad%20-%20Alshaeby%20Razan%20(Jordan).jpg
Maria Emelianova The 2018 World Chess Championship will take place in London in November. Current World Champ Magnus Carlsen will take on a challenger to be decided in March in Berlin. Two American players have a shot at facing Carlsen. In 2016, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defeated Russia’s Sergey Karjakin in a tight match held in New […]
Researchers reviewed 35 years of studies and found training your brain with activities like chess, music, or puzzles might not actually impact your intelligence. Music experts have strong memories for notes, but practicing music hasn’t shown a direct impact on improving cognitive skills outside of music. Chess training seems to have only a small effect […]
