Excerpted with permission from The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World by Fernanda Perie, published by Profile Books/ Hachette India. THE EARLIEsT LAWs were little more than ...

Boris Vasilievich Spassky was a fascinating person and a great champion. I had a privilege to dine and talk to him on many occasions and i remember his wonderful sense of humor and witty words. He was ...

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday. Spassky, who took French nationality ...

The new series is set to broadcast across 156 markets and on 53 networks and will aim to display chess to the mainstream audience, featuring top players. This will act as a full-scale media ...

(Twitter (FIDE/Anna Shtourman)) Arjun still has a chance ... from standard’ explanation after winless Freestyle Chess run In the first game against Arjun, Carlsen reigned supreme in a knight ...

Charlie joined the local chess club, where he acquired a raft of new friends, most of them thirty or forty years older than him. He taught himself openings, read books about endgames, sharpened his ...

That's because our brains are not wired to accept change, says Mel Robbins, author of "The 5 Second Rule: Transform your ... Want to stop watching TV and pick up a book instead?

Had there been a mandatory-arrest rule, the officers would have had to ignore the particular circumstances of Joey’s case. Arguably, “Les Misérables” would be a mere short story if Jean ...

Magnus Carlsen joins Team Liquid for the 2025 Esports World Cup, continuing his rift with FIDE. Chess' inclusion in esports grows, with top teams signing elite players like Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana ...

Delhi Capitals registered a narrow two-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 match at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Saturday. Despite the ...

Q. Do you feel that 2800 (FIDE ratings) is reachable for you? It looks very difficult, and I feel I’m still far from it. Q. Tell us a bit about Chinese chess culture. How is it in China?