Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya has revealed plans to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Onakoya who made the plan known on his X account on Friday said that he is “doing this for the dreams…
Russian chess players to compete in Asian federation after quitting Europe
Chess powerhouse Russia has joined the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) following a vote which allows Russian players to keep competing at an international level. This is in spite of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions which the war has…
Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears ostracism over her activism
Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy prime minister, over her choice of clothing at a tournament in October. Back in 2020,…
Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent
Played by humans, chess is a game of strategic thinking, calm concentration and patient intellectual endeavour. Violence does not usually come into it. The same, it seems, cannot always be said of machines. Last week, according to Russian media outlets,…
12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest grandmaster in chess history
Twelve-year-old chess prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra has made history, breaking an almost two-decade long record to become the world’s youngest ever Grandmaster. Mishra, who is from New Jersey, US, broke Sergey Karjakin’s record of 12 years and seven months in Budapest,…