How do you describe chess? Here is one version of chess description. Special thanks to Ingvar Lind from Göteborg, Sweden for sending it in. Chess is a game played with small figurines in dark cellars by people who were...
Not boring at all
‘Chess is not a boring game!’Jul 2 2008by Our Correspondent, Huddersfield Daily Examiner CHESS, while is arguably my number one passion – except in the immediate aftermath of yet another loss when I determine never to play it again...
Chess in the NBA?
This is the cover of the June 2008 Sports Illustrated Kids. The giant chess set is provided by Mega Chess. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The global chess connection
Many people from around the world come together for their common love of chess or in this case chess collecting. In the CCI convention this year, there are members from England, France, Portugal, Spain, Israel, and Russia, etc. Chess...
Gauge of success in chess
Natural aptitude not only gauge of success in gameSaturday, April 12, 2008 3:01 AMBy SHELBY LYMAN Confidence is a constant issue in sports, even among top performers. It is especially germane for those who never come close to their...
Should chess be promoted? Are changes needed?
Should Chess Be Promoted? Are changes needed?For years, chess in the United States relied on the incredible success of Bobby Fischer. Memberships went up. Interest in the game went up. Revenues went up. Everything seemed to look good. Unfortunately,...
Improving chess
If you have the power to enact one thing which could help chess as a sport (to make it more popular or more exciting, etc.), which would it be? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Fidel’s quote
Quote from Fidel Castro: “I strongly believe that the answers to the current problems facing Cuban society, which has, as an average, a twelfth grade of education, almost a million university graduates, and a real possibility for all its...
Greatest Impact on Mental Sharpness
A recent study by Russell Research, a market research firm based in New York, found that Baby Boomers rank Scrabble first among board games for having the greatest impact on mental sharpness. Chess ranked second, followed by Trivial Pursuit....