I consider myself lucky that I discovered the astonishingly beautiful game of Chess very early in my life. My two cousins played a big role in introducing me to chess and giving me the early support to sustain the learning curve and make it fun! I am not a great player by any yardstick; but... Continue Reading →
White to play and mate in 3
Interesting chess puzzle. White to play and capture queen in 6 moves (or mate)
A very interesting chess tournament happened recently, which was organised by FIDE. It was called "Intercontinental Championships for Prisoners" , and the team from India got the 3rd spot this event and won Bronze medal. The team from India that won bronze was tue Yerwada prison team, which is in my hometown Pune (Yerwada Jail).... Continue Reading →
White to play and mate in 2 moves
The latest Chess personality to be on Lex Fridman podcast is GothamChess. GothamChess (not his real name) is a very popular Youtuber and Chess streamer who has 1.67 million subscribers! For a Chess streamer that's a huge number! Lex Fridman had called Magnus Carlsen and Botez Sisters on his podcast. After that GothamChess was his... Continue Reading →
United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth - the longest serving Queen passed away last week and he last rites were conducted yesterday. There were long queues and even celebrities such as Beckham had to wait in queue for 10+ hours! There have also been several memes and jokes about Queen's death and Queen's life and related events.... Continue Reading →
White to play and draw
A very interesting sequence of events in Chess world since yesterday! Magnus Carlsen played Hans, an upcoming US chess player who was just below 2700 rating (i.e. an easy opponent for Magnus), and Magnus lost! After that Magnus decided to quit tournament and made some cryptic tweets which suggested that Hans might have cheated. Now... Continue Reading →
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