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A poisoned pawn that hasn’t lost its kick — Next time you’re dining in Gibraltar, think twice before ordering the pawns. Two sharp games showcasing the notorious Sicilian Poisoned Pawn Variation top the menu today, served up at the just-concluded Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, held on the British island at the entrance to the Mediterranean. Black found the antidote in the first game, but the poisoned offering — which famously proved indigestible even for Bobby Fischer in his Reykjavik chess match with Boris Spassky - proved highly toxic for French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave a round later. Young women’s world chess champion Hou Yifan gave one of the greatest performances ever by a female chess player in an open tournament in Gibraltar, losing in ...

Why chess deserves a place in schools — Primary school children in Armenia have more to contend with than just the three Rs. From the age of six, they all study chess as a separate subject for two hours a week. Chess is important to the very identity of this landlocked little country. Armenia suffered massacres and repression in the 20th century and has recently experienced an economic collapse. Yet in the 1960s, it provided the Soviet Union with one of its succession of world chess champions in the shape of Tigran Petrosian. A master of defence, his relentless grinding down of opponents made him the Geoffrey Boycott of the chessboard. And today, Armenia – with a population of just 3 million – holds the men's world team title. So it was no surprise when ...

Chess scholarships — In just the past few days, St. Louis has become the new home of collegiate chess in that U.S. Lindenwood University and Webster University have become the two latest institutions to offer chess scholarships, and each is committed to a developing a world-class chess program. The Chess Club and Lindenwood have been in talks for a few months about the possibility of getting a strong chess team at that university. The club is serving mainly in an advisory capacity as university officials have begun actively recruiting the top chess talent from across the country and the world. Lindenwood wanted to be different from other top chess schools by offering many more scholarships and packages for the strongest chess players and ...

Hou Yifan's mastery display marks break-through for women's game — Hou Yifan's astonishing result at Tradewise Gibraltar last week marks a highly significant break-through for women's chess. China's 17-year-old beat four elite chess grandmasters, outplayed the great tactician Alexei Shirov at his own game, and performed far above expectations. Hou disappointed only in the blitz play-off for first prize against Nigel Short, who beat her 1.5-0.5 after she missed her chance in the puzzle diagram below. The historic context is that 30 years ago there was a majority view that women would never reach the heights of male chess for a variety of alleged physical and psychological reasons. Then came the dazzling career of Judit Polgar, who scalped almost all the leading GMs in individual ...

On Chess: Game offers refuge from the streets — Chess can be a precious refuge. My uncle, Harry Lyman, used to recall that in the throes of the Great Depression, during a painful period of unemployment, the game offered him a desperately needed haven. He later became a New England chess champion, a beloved mentor of many excellent chess players and an early advocate of chess programs for children. Chess continues to fulfill its function as a refuge. Ask the many homeless and unemployed people who gather to play the game at the corner of 16th and Arapahoe streets in Denver and many other locations nationwide. Homeless chess player Alex Maxwell told KUSA-TV in Denver that the game gives people a break from their daily woes. The absorption in chess ...

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