Excerpted with permission from the publishers The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age Peter Doggers, published by Little, Brown/ Hachette India. One ...

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand on Thursday said that in an era where players are overwhelmed by data from computers, deep understanding has become the only true differentiator in modern ...

In Chess, women can compete in ‘Women’s’ as well as ‘Open’ — meaning this section is open to men as well as women of all age groups. There are, in fact, no ‘Men’s Only’ events in Chess, only Open and ...

Garry Kasparov’s famous quote, “Chess is life in miniature.” maintains its relevance because just as life occurs in stages, so does chess. Understanding what each stage represents will help us adjust ...

As a chess grandmaster and a business visionary, I’ve found that the parallels between chess and trade are striking. Both require prescience, flexibility and a profound understanding of complex ...

A few days ago, D Gukesh, part of the Indian team for the Olympiad, breached the Elo rating of 2700. Here's a brief explainer on how Elo came to being, why it's important and how some of us could have ...

Discover how Akiba Rubinstein’s strategic brilliance teaches us to convert positional advantages into victories—one weakness at a time Often, we get positions where we are aware of possessing an ...