It was in the winter of 2001-02 that I made the e-acquaintance of an Italian systems engineer. During the course of an extended e-mail dialogue (we were playing correspondence chess) I lamented......
'The Asian Chess Championship will give great exposure for young chess players. But the AICF is curtailing the number of Indian players with a strange rule.' Kindly note the image has only been......
IMAGE: Aravindh Chithambaram crashed through the defences of Germany's Vincent Keymer in the second round of the Prague Masters on Thursday. Photograph: ChessBase India/X Grandmaster R......
'...it was an awkward situation for both of us. I was in a hurry that day and really forgot. I want to wish good luck to both of you.' IMAGE: Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev (right) aplogised......
IMAGE: R Vaishali can be seen extending her hand before the start of a fourth-round contest against Nodirbek Yakubboev, who sat down without responding to it, at the Tata Steel Chess tournament.......
'He simply refused to follow the rules, left us with little choice. Magnus was not willing to compromise' IMAGE: Magnus Carlsen was not paired for Round 9 of the Rapid championship, taking place......