chess

Young chess star couple are found dead after overdosing on laughing gas in Moscow

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Two young Ukrainian chess stars have died in Moscow from a suspected overdose of laughing gas. Stanislav Bogdanovich, 26, a grandmaster, was his country’s former quick chess champion and his death came soon after he had controversially played online for Russia against Ukraine. His girlfriend Aleksandra Vernigora, 18, also a chess professional, was a student … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: Why chess can help new dads change a nappy

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MEMOIR THE MOVES THAT MATTER by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury £20, 352pp)  Grandmaster chess is associated in the public’s mind with disproportionate levels of eccentricity, or even insanity. This is a statistically invalid cliché created by journalists who don’t have a passion for the game themselves and therefore can’t understand why others would devote their lives … Read more