The dust has barely settled on last year’s World Chess Championship match in New York: Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defended his title against the tough challenger Sergei Karjakin, in a close match. The event got me thinking about the language of …
Magnus Carlsen, the three-time world chess champion, believes the fitter the body, the sharper the mind. The Norway-born Mr. Carlsen, 25, has been playing chess since he was 8. At 13, he was one of the youngest people ever to …
At fourteen she was the youngest female player ever to gain the title of grandmaster, and at sixteen she became the youngest Women’s World Champion in history. She has won the title four times and is the reigning champion. Now …
Chess, unlike most other competitive sports, maintains a system of titles granted to players of exceptional skill and talent. The highest title awarded in the world of bishops and knights is International Grandmaster (GM). While it sounds mysterious, the title’s …