Magnus Carlsen beats Alireza Firouzja to win fifth Speed Chess Championship

The world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, won his fifth Speed Chess Championship (SCC) Finals. Carlsen, 35, banked $25,000 plus an additional split based on winning percentage by beating ...

Inside the mind of Hikaru Nakamura, the chess world No 2 whose streaming career comes first

The top U.S. chess player discusses his YouTube channel, how he would change the game and why he doesn't want his son to ...

Chess: Magnus Carlsen triumphs in London speed event but Nakamura fails

The Norwegian, 35, showcased his skills in the chess.com speed championship, but the US star and streamer was twice beaten ...
The Atlantic

Speed Chess Changed My Brain

The poker table was down to three players. I had a queen and a 10. It wasn't the strongest hand, but I'd been analyzing my opponents' playing patterns and knew I needed to send an aggressive signal.
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Junior Speed Chess Championship 2023: D Gukesh beats Raunak Sadhwani to win title by seven points

Indian chess prodigy Grandmaster D Gukesh won the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship on Monday, beating compatriot GM Raunak Sadhwani in the final by seven points. The world No 13 raked up a ...
ABC News

Speed Chess Study Proves Practice Makes Perfect

June 16, 2004 -- Watching a chess match may seem about as exciting as watching paint dry, but new research shows that a champion's brain works at lightning fast speed, making decisions in seconds that ...

Look to chess rankings to see how geopolitical power is shifting

A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I ...
The Jamaica Observer

Smith, Christie on top in speed chess tourneys

FIDE Master (FM) Shreyas Smith and FM Joshua Christie won the NM Thomas Figueroa Memorial Blitz Chess Championship and the CM Neil Fairclough Rapid Chess Championship, respectively. These two ...