Chess

Banking on chess

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

As the new year begins, I pay a final tribute to the city financier Jim Slater, who did so much to…

London calling

12 December 2015 9:00 am

By the time this article appears, the London Classic at Olympia and the newly created brainchild of the indefatigable Malcolm…

London calling

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

By the time this article appears, the London Classic at Olympia and the newly created brainchild of the indefatigable Malcolm…

London Classic

5 December 2015 9:00 am

The annual London Classic, inspired and organised by the indefatigable Malcolm Pein, is now underway at London’s Olympia. The website…

London Classic

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

The annual London Classic, inspired and organised by the indefatigable Malcolm Pein, is now underway at London’s Olympia. The website…

Chess Maecenas

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Last week saw the death of the city financier Jim Slater. He was famous in chess circles for joining Henry…

Chess Maecenas

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

Last week saw the death of the city financier Jim Slater. He was famous in chess circles for joining Henry…

Grand Larsen-y

21 November 2015 9:00 am

It is said that more books have been written about chess than about any other game, sport or pastime. I…

Grand Larsen-y

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

It is said that more books have been written about chess than about any other game, sport or pastime. I…

Sporting chance

14 November 2015 9:00 am

I was not quite sure whether to be annoyed or relieved about the recent High Court decision not to recognise…

Sporting chance

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

I was not quite sure whether to be annoyed or relieved about the recent High Court decision not to recognise…

Winter of discontent

7 November 2015 9:00 am

The two great Soviet world champion Russians, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov, have almost always taken divergent paths. Karpov was…

Winter of discontent

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

The two great Soviet world champion Russians, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov, have almost always taken divergent paths. Karpov was…

Doctor Hou

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

Hou Yifan has won what must be considered one of the strongest, if not the strongest, all-women chess tournaments ever…

Doctor Hou

29 October 2015 9:00 am

Hou Yifan has won what must be considered one of the strongest, if not the strongest, all-women chess tournaments ever…

Ex libris

24 October 2015 9:00 am

When I first studied chess I thought it was a golden age for chess literature. There were the classics such…

Ex libris

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

When I first studied chess I thought it was a golden age for chess literature. There were the classics such…

Thud and blunder

17 October 2015 8:00 am

The Fidé World Cup, which finished last week in Baku, boasted over $1 million in overall prize money, with $100,000…

Thud and blunder

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

The Fidé World Cup, which finished last week in Baku, boasted over $1 million in overall prize money, with $100,000…

Black death

10 October 2015 9:00 am

Joseph Henry Blackburne was the leading British tournament player towards the end of the 19th century. It could be said…

Black death

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

Joseph Henry Blackburne was the leading British tournament player towards the end of the 19th century. It could be said…

Homer nods

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Paul Morphy, in a strange prefiguration of the later career of Bobby Fischer, was often described as ‘the pride and…

Homer nods

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Paul Morphy, in a strange prefiguration of the later career of Bobby Fischer, was often described as ‘the pride and…

Coincidence

26 September 2015 8:00 am

My grandmaster colleague James Plaskett has two passions, the pursuit of the mythical giant octopus (ongoing) and a fascination with…

Coincidence

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

My grandmaster colleague James Plaskett has two passions, the pursuit of the mythical giant octopus (ongoing) and a fascination with…