World Chess Championship: Where the First Eight Games Were Decided Challenger Sergey Karjakin breaks a run of draws against World Champion Magnus Carlsen in Game 8 and now sits two points from a huge upset By JONATHAN ZALMAN Nov....
The Youth Advantage In Chess
Chess Yields to the YoungWorld-chess championships’ rigorous schedule favors younger competitorsBy CHRISTOPHER CHABRISDec. 12, 2014 2:23 p.m. ET The ancient game of chess, long associated with old men sitting on park benches, is increasingly a sport for the young....
Carlsen: Today was one of the toughest days of all
Magnus Carlsen Repeats at World Chess Championship3:39 pm ETNov 23, 2014By JONATHAN ZALMAN Wall Street Journal After Sunday’s eleventh game of the 2014 FIDE World Chess Championship in Sochi, Russia—a repeat victory for title-holder Magnus Carlsen—the Norwegian looked worn,...
Raising the World’s Best Player
CHECK MATES | Magnus, at his office in Oslo, with his mother, Sigrun, and father, Henrik, a keen chess player himself who developed his son’s skills at an early age by not playing down to his level.Photography by Colin...
Magnus Carlsen’s interview with WSJ’s Jonathan Zalman
World Chess Champion Plays (and Beats) A WSJ Reporter in Seconds World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen gives a thoughtful interview about his life in chess…and then he beats WSJ’s Jonathan Zalman in about thirty seconds. Chess Daily News from...
Chess is King at Webster
At Webster University, Chess Is KingOctober 30, 2013, 4:26 PM By Rachel Bachman Webster University doesn’t have the huge budget or hulking athletes of Southeastern Conference schools, but it has something they don’t: the national-championship chess team. On Wednesday...
They’ve represented us well in chess
Sorry, Texas Tech: You’ve Been CheckmatedWall Street JournalFEBRUARY 4, 2012 College athletes transferring to another school is common, but an entire program? Webster University announced Friday it had lured the Texas Tech chess team—including coach Susan Polgar and the...
Abolish Women’s Chess Titles
October 14, 2009Abolish Women’s Chess TitlesBY BARBARA JEPSONThe Wall Street Journal In 1991, Hungarian chess player Susan Polgar made headlines as the first woman to earn the coveted rank of grandmaster by meeting established performance standards. While competitive chess...
The best the world had ever seen
Victim of His Own Success: The Tragedy of Bobby FischerBy BRIAN M. CARNEYJanuary 22, 2008; Page D8Wall Street Journal In his day, he was the best chess player in the world, maybe the best the world had ever seen....
Kasparov speaks out
Man of the Year?By GARRY KASPAROVDecember 22, 2007; Page A11 Ever since President Vladimir Putin took office eight long years ago, the political and media leadership of the West have had a full-time job trying to look on the...