What was the big equaliser was the game of chess. “Chess was compensating for that. I enjoyed chess where it offered equal opportunities compared to other sports,” said Mr Luther, who is ...
At three years, eight months and 19 days, Kolkata’s Anish Sarkar became the youngest-rated chess player in history on Friday. Born on January 26, 2021, Sarkar picked up the sport a year ago and made ...
Less than five years after enjoying a dramatic spike in popularity, chess finds itself at a moment of reckoning. Propelled by the “The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries and a yearning for ...