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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records , founded in 1947. It expanded into soul music , gospel music , early rock and roll , and jazz and comedy recordings, released on the Chess and its subsidiary labels Checker and Argo ...
Morse, Jeremy (1995), Chess Problems: Tasks and Records, Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-15363-1 Concentrates on maximum tasks and records. Sergeant, Philip (1934), A Century of British Chess, Philadelphia: David McKay; Soltis, Andy (2002), Chess Lists Second Edition, Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland and Company, ISBN 0-7864-1296-8
Anand was world number one successively 2 and 3 times (a total of 5 times), for 6 months and 9 months respectively (for a total of 15 months). As of September 2023, Carlsen has been world number one a record 147 times, including a record 141 consecutive times since July 2011.
Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969) was a Polish-American record company executive and the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Phil. He was influential in the development of the recording industry, and electric blues , Chicago blues , and rock and roll .
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2775 1989-01 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2755 1989-07 3 Mikhail Tal: 2705 1980-01 4 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1980-01 5 Jan Timman: 2675 1988-01 6 Nigel Short: 2665 1988-07 7 Artur Yusupov: 2660 1986-07 Vasyl Ivanchuk: 2660 1989-07 9 Lajos ...
Look out, there’s another chess prodigy on the scene.. At eight years, six months and 11 days, Ashwath Kaushik made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest player ever to beat a chess ...
The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, ... reaching an all-time record FIDE rating of 2882 in May of 2014.