by John Bain | Aug 2, 2025 | Blog, World Chess Ratings
Hikaru NakamuraalsoThe Richest ($$$) Chess Player in the World! byJohn Bain USA’s Japanese-American Hikaru Nakamura is not only the richest chess player in the world, he is now the #2 rated chess player in the in Classical Chess. Only two chess players are rated... Read more 
by John Bain | May 8, 2025 | Blog, Chess in the News!, Prodigies in Chess, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Alice Lee defeats 8-time USA Women’s Chess Champion Irina Krush is sudden death Blitz Chess tiebreaks! Somewhat overshadowed by the news from the World Chess Candidates Tournaments in Toronto, Canada, Alice Lee did something really amazing in March... Read more 
by John Bain | Apr 17, 2025 | Blog, Famous Chess Games
Death! – Spassky-Fischer Gone! Friends to the End… The Death of an Era…! DEATH AND CHESS!Boris SpasskyJanuary 30, 1937 – February 27, 2025 “I do not prepare for chess any more. I am preparing for—death! It is a long and difficult endgame.” -Boris Spassky... Read more 
by John Bain | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Romance in Chess
India’s 23-year-old GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (Peak rating: 2506) sat down at the chessboard to play Uzbekistan’s 23-year-old GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (Peak rating: 2668) at the Tata Steel Challengers tournament in the Netherlands in January 2025 He Would NOT... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Romance in Chess
Norway’s Magnus CarlsenandElla Victoria Malone! byJohn Bain Retired, five-time Classical World Chess Champion ($$$), Magnus Carlsen (34), the world’s #1 rated chess player, married Ella Victoria Malone (26) in January 2025.According to the website,... Read more 
