The Varsity chess match dates back to 1873 and this shot from the 2025 match captures some of the Victorian elegance of a century and a half ago. The Polish player (right) would be my nomination for the best dressed player, closely followed by his French adversary. pic.twitter.com/HQOY3bbZ74
— John Saunders (@johnchess) March 11, 2025
Based on Yuri Averbakh’s categorization, what is your chess personality type?
1) Killers: They take the game’s result personally & use chess as a means of breaking an opponent’s ego. E.g. Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Viktor Korchnoi.#chess #chesstype pic.twitter.com/xhVX6i0Ylf
— Ruhi Chess (@Ruhichess) April 14, 2023
The gravestone of Alexander Alekhine, one of the most influential Grandmasters of all time. #chess #jrobichess pic.twitter.com/r88T8I17Ba
— jrobichess (@jrobichess) August 31, 2014
???? 24 mars 1946 : mort du Champion du monde Alekhine.
Il apprend les rudiments du jeu à 7 ans avec sa mère, et son premier véritable entraîneur est son frère Alexej.
♟ Georges Bertola vous raconte l'histoire de ses jeunes années : https://t.co/O4UgeAq1aV pic.twitter.com/z3cjHD6RJI— Europe Echecs (@EuropeEchecs) March 24, 2024
In 1920, 8 year old Samuel Reshevsky played chess with several chess masters at once. He lost every single game. pic.twitter.com/7ucAHdyj3C
— Science Is Fun (@sciencefunn) May 8, 2024
England's chess players are not happy with the new @FIDE_chess website… ????????????????????????????. pic.twitter.com/gZQjl0CDEn
— Leon Watson (@LeonWatson) February 23, 2025
