Alexander Alekhine, one of the greatest chess players of the 20th century and the first Russian World Champion, was born on October 31 (19), 1892. Despite having a brilliant education and being an ...

Unboxing an incredible collection of rare chess books covering world champions, historic tournaments, opening theory, and legendary players like Alekhine, Lasker, Capablanca, Nimzowitsch, and more. A ...

My association with chess began in the summer of 1975. I was 12 years old and living in Lansdowne Court just across the road from Gorky Sadan. My friend Arun Mitra took me to Gorky Sadan to watch a ...

Perhaps an inspiring way to begin the New Year is to focus on one of the finest chess attackers of all time, Dr Alexander Alekhine, (Moscow 1892-Estoril, Portugal 1946). Alekhine was an undisputed ...

Alexander Alekhine, the late renowned chess player, was one of the finest to grace the game. He occupies the top 10 best-ever-lists of most experts and became the fourth official World Champion, ...

Sometimes, people boast ‘I could beat you with one hand tied behind my back’, or ‘I can do that blindfolded’. The picture below, (although a blindfold is missing, but the guy in center is facing away, ...

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Boris Gelfand of Israel in the ninth and final round to finish third in the Alekhine memorial chess tournament here. Playing the black side of a ...

The world’s grandmasters were in Paris for the first round of the prestigious Alekhine Memorial chess tournament Thursday, where homegrown competitors startled and delighted audiences by overcoming ...