The FIDE Trainers’ Online Seminar will be held on February 2-4, 2024. The seminar is being organized by the Asian Chess Federation in cooperation with the FIDE Commission for Women in Chess under the supervision of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission. Artur Yusupov, Hou Yifan and Antoaneta Stefanova will be among the lecturers.
At the end of 2013, a match facing chess legends from the 20th century against young female talented players was organized in Podebrady, the Czech Republic. A 20-year-old Alina Kashlinskaya was the top scorer in the winning team of the Snowdrops, while Boris Gulko and Iossif Dorfman were the strongest for the Oldhands.
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Great minds: 10 players who excel at both chess and poker
Chess and poker are recognized as intellectual sports and the metaphor of seated boxing can be used to refer to each of them. It is said of both games that they take a few minutes to learn, but a lifetime to master. Somehow, a few players have managed to excel in both disciplines.
This article is the first part of a series that will look into the similarities and differences between chess and poker.
The 10 players are classified by year of birth.
Dan Harrington (born in 1945)
Dan Harrington at the WSOP | Wikipedia