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In the erstwhile Soviet Union, four prestigious Chess awards were conferred every year for excellence in different parts of Chess. The best attack award was named after the greatest attacking ...

Take on Wilhelm Steinitz in a recreation of a 4th World Championship game in Havana, 1892. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky Perfect! mistakes made. Come back tomorrow for ...

The first World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz established in the early 1900s that the side with a dynamic advantage on the board must use the momentum to launch an attack.

Wilhelm Steinitz, Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen all earned the crown because they were the best in the world. Luck may be a factor in any individual game, but its role in the context of a long ...

The first-ever World Chess Champion was Wilhelm Steinitz, who defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886. As of 2024, the current ...

Steinitz continued his dominance in the next three championships as well retaining the title in 1889, 1890 and 1892. Emanuel Lasker of Germany broke the dominance of Wilhelm in 1894 to become the ...

CHESS has been called the game of kings. But it’s traditionally been more of a poor man’s game – one that the wealthy and well-born have tried, and failed, to master. In the 19th … ...

Rachel Syme writes about Netflix’s television miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit,” starring Anya Taylor-Joy and based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of the same name.

For the majority of the years since Wilhelm Steinitz was recognized as the first world champion in 1886, the title has been held by a Jewish player.

The first-ever World Chess Champion was Wilhelm Steinitz, who defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886. As of 2024, the current World Chess Champion is D. Gukesh, ...