8 GrandmasterChef Thinking ahead and making plans while you’re cooking, why not? 10 NIC’S Café …
6 Delivering chess
In Ekaterinburg you can have a chessboard and pieces home delivered by a courier on…
6 Italian Game A painting by a follower of Caravaggio stirred up thoughts about the miraculous vitality…
8 Golden Pawn Awards
At the majestic Hôtel de Paris in Monaco, the ECU started a new tradition.
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8 The life of leisure
A virtuoso painting by Georges Croegaert (1848-1923).
10 NIC’s Café
A winner…
In this Issue:
6 Bloodthirsty chess
An intelligent and head-strong nun takes on Dracula in a game…
6 Let the games begin…
Social distancing was on few people’s mind at the opening ceremony of the…
6 Back in business
As soon as the lockdown restrictions were eased, the chess players returned to the…
6 Dream position Organizers of summer tournaments long for the moment when they can welcome their guests…
6 Chess for Tigers
In times of lockdown even tigers take to chess in Moscow.
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6 The Queen’s Gambit
Garry Kasparov acted as the chess consultant for the eagerly awaited Netflix series The…
Chess in Hell
A new exhibition at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis features artwork…
Ladies playing chess
A stunning piece of street art in Kaunas, Lithuania, shows two ladies from famous Leonardo…
6 The living Ruy Lopez
What opening would you expect from a chess-playing living statue on Madrid’s Plaza…
6 Peak performance
2016 Russian Champion Alexander Riazantsev took a chess set to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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The Chess Police
Cops in Pittsburgh are fostering a better relationship with the public they serve simply by…
The World Champion
A new Russian film based on the controversial 1978 World Championship match between Karpov and…
Zugzwang
Stefan Zweig’s famous Schachnovelle (The Royal Game) has once again been adapted for the big screen.
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NIC’s Café
Can you do what it sounds like in Blitz Society, the new chess-themed hotspot in Paris?
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Ferrari Speed Chess
Formula 1 stars Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz share another passion where full concentration is…