by John Bain | Jun 15, 2026 | Blog, Chess Quotes for Life
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” –Assiac aka Heinrich Fraenkel Heinrich Fraenkel – Chess Author and Writer Fraenkel was born to Jewish parents on September 28, 1897 in Lissa, Poland—then Province of... Read more 
by John Bain | Oct 15, 2025 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess
USA’s Abhimanyu “Abhi” Mishra Born: February 5, 2009Englishtown, New Jersey, USA Rated 2500+ by John Bain The First Chess Record The Youngest Chess Grandmaster in History! Abhi Mishra earned the Grandmaster (GM) title at age 12 years, 4 months, and... Read more 
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 | 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 
