Chess News

New York - The documentary film "Brooklyn Castle" recently aired in Manhattan which follows the lives of five students of I.S. 318's chess club. The movie highlights chess in an urban culture setting.

The man who came up with the notion of combining the fast paced brutal sport of boxing with the painstakingly cerebral game of chess did so as a joke. That joke has now become growing sensation in some parts of the world.

London - Now that the Mind Sports Olympiad is over for another year, we can look back on the event and forward to next year. Etan Ilfeld is one of the people behind it.

London - The Mind Sports Olympiad finishes this weekend with a special event on Bank Holiday Monday, Chess Diving, or Diving Chess as it is now called.

London - The Mind Sports Olympiad is now two weeks away. This year there is a £500 prize for the Pentamind Championship in addition to the prestige.

Moscow - Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand, the Indian-born, five times world chess champion, retained his crown on Wednesday when he narrowly beat Boris Gelfand in a series of rapid-play games in Moscow.

London - On July 26, 2006, 19 year old Jessie Gilbert fell from the 8th floor window of her hotel room in the Czech Republic. Five years ago today, her father was acquitted of repeatedly raping her.

Much has been written about Bobby Fischer, but the written word is a poor substitute for an hour and a half documentary featuring archive footage, like this fine effort from the BBC.

Should chess be taught in British schools? This question has been raised recently, and was asked again recently on BBC TV’s Breakfast news programme.

A short report on the forthcoming Mind Sports Olympiad - now in its 15th year - which will be held in London, England at the end of August.