Tag: chess
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…
In a game on Steam, you play chess… with a shotgun
The game Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate brings you a special version of chess on Steam. Instead of an army, you fight the opposing side with a shotgun. Shotgun King:…
Will Anya Taylor-Joy’s chess thriller really continue?
Anya Taylor-Joy is now a big name in Hollywood. Last year alone she appeared in three well-known films that could hardly be more different: The Northman, The Menu and Amsterdam.…
Even chess has server issues now
The classic chess game has enjoyed increasing popularity in recent years, including online. But for a well-known chess site, the hype is apparently a bit too big at the moment.…
Chess champion leaves for Spain after threats for playing without veil
She will not return to her country Iran. International chess champion Sara Khademalsharieh has arrived in Spain, days after competing without an Islamic veil in a chess competition in Kazakhstan.…