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 
by John Bain | Dec 13, 2024 | 2024 Chess Championship, Blog, Tournaments
byJohn Bain With the 14-game match tied after Round 13, the Challenger, India’s 18-year-old D. Gukesh, won Game 14 of the 2024 World Chess Championship, avoiding tie-breaks, and became the youngest World Chess Champion in history. In the 14-game match, Gukesh... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 20, 2024 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess
India’s “Pragg” & Vaishali Rameshbabu byJohn Bain In 2024, 23-year-old sister Vaishali joined 19-year-old brother Praggnanandhaa “Pragg” as the world’s first ever brother-sister chess Grandmasters (GM)!”Pragg” earned... Read more 
