Tag: chess
Bully from LoL discovers chess, but a grandmaster arrogantly gossips about him
Twitch streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is known for his constant playing of League of Legends and his short-tempered nature. But the LoL bully has now discovered the game of kings,…
Chess players denounce sexist and sexual violence in their environment
Fourteen professional French chess players published an open letter on August 3 to denounce the sexist and sexual violence they suffer. Verbal, written or physical violence that also affects female…
Creator Urban Chess Courts has a new chess mission: ‘More girl power is needed’
Pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, a queen and king: in chess, the pieces are often central. Nevertheless, fanatic chess player and Urban Chess founder Jesús Medina Molina wants to look beyond…
Casino: “Naouri is a chess player who tries by all means to save time”
It’s a battle the likes of which the retail industry hasn’t seen in ages. Each day brings its counter-offensive. On the one hand, the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky launched an…
Fit for a king: Giant outdoor chess boards coming to Chatham-Kent
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent and a Tilbury company are taking a gambit with two human-sized chess and checker sets in hopes they will promote community engagement. The sets will come…
Chess Federation celebrates 150th birthday with party for 1000 children: ‘Chess is now just cool’
Utrecht – The Queens Gambit, the Vienna Game, en passant and castling, the chess terms flying around your ears today in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. The Royal Dutch Chess…
China: the game of chess, an instrument of “soft power” in Beijing
It’s barely 10 a.m. on the campus of the prestigious Beida University in Beijing, and the gaming tables are already packed with student chess fans. Among them, several young women,…
Grandmaster Ding Liren becomes China’s first world chess champion
By beating Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in the world chess championship this Sunday, April 30 in Astana, Ding Liren became the first Chinese to win the supreme title. If Chinese players…
Ludwig accidentally invents fight clubs, with chess boxes in abandoned warehouses – wants nothing to do with it
Ludwig Ahgren (27) is a successful YouTuber known for his spectacular events. His chessboxing championship in December 2022 reached 3 million viewers. Some of them are now holding their own…
Millions of kids are discovering chess and a 27-year-old chess nerd on TikTok is their new star
Chess fever broke out in US schools and universities in 2023. Millions of kids and young people have discovered the game of kings for themselves. The world’s most important chess…