Two new books look inside the minds of India's chess prodigies

Viswanathan Anand's ‘Lightning Kid' and Binit Priyaranjan's ‘The Price of Genius' examine what it takes to make a career in a ...
Anna Cramling Chess on MSN

This wasn’t a chess lesson, it was a reality check

What started as a casual chess discussion quickly turned into a blunt lesson. Move by move, Tyler1 broke down ideas, habits, ...

Where Is Judit Polgár Now? How the ‘Queen of Chess’ Became the Youngest Grandmaster and Changed Chess Forever

The Netflix documentary ‘Queen of Chess’ follows the career of groundbreaking women’s player Judit Polgár. Learn about her ...

Chess program inspires Opelousas students, boosts academics

The Detroit City Chess Club has donated chess kits to Creswell Middle School in Opelousas, Louisiana to help students ...
YouTube on MSN

The world champion has fallen - lessons learned

Gesh Faces Pressure at Tata Steel: Exciting Chess Matches and Upcoming Candidates Tournament Analysis #Chess #GothamChess ...
New Scientist

Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

Chess can be improved by rearranging the positions of the starting pieces to produce a more difficult or fairer game, a physicist has found. A standard game of chess always starts with the pieces at ...
Indiatimes

World champion at 7 in her first international event; 'nervous' while meeting PM Modi: How Pragnika Lakshmi became a chess prodigy

NEW DELHI: “Main World School Chess mein champion bani aur India k liye gold laayi (I became champion at the World School Chess and brought a gold medal for India),” seven-year-old Pragnika Vaka ...
The Irish Times

Three-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest player to earn official rating

India’s Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official Fide rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. The chess prodigy edged out the ...
MarketWatch

Chessnut Move Launches: The World's First Electronic Chessboard with Full Automated Piece Movement

NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chessnut, an innovative technology company, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking product, the Chessnut Move electronic chessboard. As the ...