Chess

Tal story

26 March 2016 9:00 am

With the proliferation of modern opening theory and advances in knowledge of the game, I wonder sometimes if the kind…

Tal story

23 March 2016 3:00 pm

With the proliferation of modern opening theory and advances in knowledge of the game, I wonder sometimes if the kind…

Candidates

19 March 2016 9:00 am

The Candidates tournament to determine the challenger later this year to world champion Magnus Carlsen is now well underway in…

Candidates

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

The Candidates tournament to determine the challenger later this year to world champion Magnus Carlsen is now well underway in…

Bunratty

12 March 2016 9:00 am

The tournament at Bunratty is Ireland’s premier chess competition and has been for several years. This year’s event, to which…

Bunratty

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

The tournament at Bunratty is Ireland’s premier chess competition and has been for several years. This year’s event, to which…

Varsity match

5 March 2016 9:00 am

On Saturday 5 March the 134th Varsity Match between the teams from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge takes place…

Varsity match

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

On Saturday 5 March the 134th Varsity Match between the teams from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge takes place…

Gnomic

27 February 2016 9:00 am

Zurich has been the scene for the latest clash between the titans of chess. Over a mere four days in…

Gnomic

25 February 2016 3:00 pm

Zurich has been the scene for the latest clash between the titans of chess. Over a mere four days in…

Rocky 14

20 February 2016 9:00 am

The 14th Tradewise tournament at Gibraltar ended in a triumph for the American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. Naka, as he is…

Rocky 14

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

The 14th Tradewise tournament at Gibraltar ended in a triumph for the American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. Naka, as he is…

Mighty Magnus

13 February 2016 9:00 am

The world champion is back on form. After winning the overall laurels in last year’s Grand Tour, and taking first…

Mighty Magnus

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

The world champion is back on form. After winning the overall laurels in last year’s Grand Tour, and taking first…

Irresistible force

6 February 2016 9:00 am

Alexander Alekhine was one of the immortals of the chessboard — world champion from 1927, when in an epic war…

Irresistible force

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Alexander Alekhine was one of the immortals of the chessboard — world champion from 1927, when in an epic war…

Keres scene

30 January 2016 9:00 am

This week I conclude my homage to the great Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres, who was born a century ago this…

Keres scene

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

This week I conclude my homage to the great Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres, who was born a century ago this…

Pauline conversion

23 January 2016 9:00 am

Paul Keres, the Estonian grandmaster and many times world championship contender, was born a hundred years ago this month. His…

Pauline conversion

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Paul Keres, the Estonian grandmaster and many times world championship contender, was born a hundred years ago this month. His…

Paul stories

16 January 2016 9:00 am

An excellent recent article by Dominic Lawson in Standpoint magazine reminded me of the greatness of Paul Keres. The Estonian…

Paul stories

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

An excellent recent article by Dominic Lawson in Standpoint magazine reminded me of the greatness of Paul Keres. The Estonian…

Winter’s tail

9 January 2016 9:00 am

The London Classic, the end of the million-dollar Grand Tour, was something of a damp squib. A surfeit of draws…

Winter’s tail

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

The London Classic, the end of the million-dollar Grand Tour, was something of a damp squib. A surfeit of draws…

Banking on chess

2 January 2016 9:00 am

As the new year begins, I pay a final tribute to the city financier Jim Slater, who did so much to…