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What Russia Taught The World About Chess
Written by Alexey Zakharov
In the last hundred or so years, Russia became almost synonymous with chess. The country in its many incarnations Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and now “just” Russia produced more grandmasters and world champions than any other, and its players enriched the ancient game immensely.
So, let’s now delve (shallowly, and then, of course, more and more deeply) into what Russia and its predecessor states brought to the world of chess.
Long, Tongue-Twisting Names
It’s more of a joke entry, of course, but GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, the new challenger to GM Magnus Carlsen, is only the latest in the long, distinguished line of Russian and Soviet players who look like an absolutely insurmountable wall of letters when written in English, such as Roman Dzindzichashvili, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Elena Fatalibekova, Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Olga Semenova-Tyan-Shanskaya, Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky, and Fyodor Dus-Chotimir
Judit Polgar on beating Kasparov not being ‘the’ game
Judit Polgar, the greatest female player of all time, was a
guest during the Play Magnus Group International Women’s Day event and answered
questions posed by the teams. She talked about her career and a number of her
best games, but she explained why beating Garry Kasparov in the 2002 Russia vs.
the Rest of the World match wasn’t her most memorable encounter with the
legend. Chilean singer Juga di Prima also answered questions and presented her
newest song, dedicated to the first Women’s World Chess Champion Vera Menchik.
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The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix is a master of two things: chess and winged eyeliner. If you have enough YouTube tutorials to help you with the latter but the former has you wanting more information, let’s get into the chess of it all. Tragically,
The Queen’s Gambit is not based on a true story or a real female prodigy. We can stan Beth Harmon and her rock-and-roll approach to a (historically) geeky game all we want, but we’re stanning a fictional character. Womp, womp. CHARLIE GRAY/NETFLIXNetflix
The Queen’s Gambit, by Walter Tevis.
According to a 1983 interview with the