Topic: Chess
Iranian chess grandmaster Morteza Mahjoob, who holds the world record for the most number of simultaneous matches, is bent on reviving old Persia's passion for the ancient game. Chess was outlawed for nearly a decade after the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah, sidelining Iran from the international chess map. The 29-year-old Mahjoob, one of seven Iranian international ...
Norway's Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest person ever to top the world ranking in chess. The 19-year-old was listed as number one in the World Chess Federation's January statistics with a rating of 2,810. The Norwegian Chess Federation Monday said Carlsen is the youngest person ...
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 19, became the youngest player ever to top the world rankings Friday. The list of top players published by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) put Carlsen in the lead with 2,810 points, five points ahead of Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov. Indian world champion Viswanathan Anand was third with 2,790 points. Chess experts attribute ...
How to Use Chess to Increase Brainpower
Frank Ho
Teacher and founder of Ho Math and Chess
Although many research reports have reported that the process of playing chess is very similar to the process of critical thinking and considered that chess play as a method of improving children’s problem solving skill and ...
