Chess World Cup Round 1 Game 2 Highlights: Divya Deshmukh exits after losing to Greek GM Stamatis; 6 Indians qualify; 5 head to tiebreaks

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 1 Game 2 Results and Standings Highlights: 16 Indians are in action in Game 2 of the opening round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 which is underway at the Resort Rio ...

Exploring the Grob Opening, the world’s strangest chess opening

This unconventional path, rejected by purists and loved by eccentrics, has origins dating back to the nineteenth century but ...
Opinion

The grim reality for Reeves: in Labour Land income tax rises now make sense

In 1999, chess Grand Master, Garry Kasparov, executed a move so audacious that the game he played it in is widely considered one of the best of all time. Move 24 against his equally skilled opponent, ...
The Financial Times

Chess solutions

Chess solution 2647 1 . . . Qxe2! 2 Qxa8 Bh3! 2 gxh3 Ng5! 4 Rf2 Nxh3+ 5 Kg2 Qxf2+ 6 Kh3 Qf3+ 7 Kh4 g5 mate. Chess solution 2646 1 Rxf8+! Kxf8 2 Qa8+ Ke7 3 Qe4+ Kf6 4 Qxb1 and White won easily with his ...