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“In general, when I look at chess right now, it’s in a much better place than it ever has been. “(PogChamps) signified to me that what actually can sell well for chess is not necessarily the ...
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994.
The opening's name is thought to originate either from Chess.com user "Lenny_Bongcloud", who used the opening with little success, [1] or more generally in reference to a bong, a device used to smoke cannabis, humorously implying that one would need to be intoxicated to think that using the opening is a legitimate strategy.
Chess in its current form was developed in medieval to early modern Europe where in the 19th century modern tournament play began, and the first world chess championship was held. The most accepted view is that the direct ancestor of the game, shatranj , was transmitted by the Persians from ancient India, where it was known as chaturanga .
With more than four million followers across Twitch and YouTube, Hikaru Nakamura is, for many, the face of online chess.
Wesley So scored 9/9 in the 2011 Inter-Provincial Chess Team Championship, with a performance rating of 3037, [64] [65] won the gold medal in men's blitz at the SEA Games 2011 at Indonesia with a score of 9/9 and a rating performance of 3183, [66] and won the 2013 Calgary International Blitz Championship with a score of 9/9.
Carlsen is a terrifying chess god, but the computers have ascended to a higher plane, so the basic way to cheat is to have access to a computer while playing. If you're only, say, playing a buddy ...
1008 – Mention of chess in the will of Count Uregel, another early reference.* 1173 – Earliest recorded use of a form of Algebraic Chess Notation. 1283 – Alfonso X compiles the Libro de los juegos, with an extensive collection of chess problems. late 13th century – Pawns can now move two ranks on first move.