Brazilian Post issues official chess stamp
The Brazilian Post (Correios Brasil) launched an official chess stamp with the Brazilian Chess Confederation (CBX) and its president GM
Darcy Lima serving as a technical adviser of the project. The issue of postal chess stamps by Correios Brasil intends to promote the game through philately. Notably, before the advent of digitalization, correspondence chess (with opponents sending moves to one another by letters) was quite popular.
It is believed that chess was brought to Brazil by Pero Vaz de Caminha, as described in several books. With the arrival of D. João VI and his court in Brazil in 1808, the game rapidly chess spread throughout the country. This Monarch brought to Brazil many chess books, including very rare copies (some as old as 1497) that are still available in the National Library Archive in Rio de Janeiro. Several Brazilian historical figures regularly played chess. The prime example is a famous Brazilian writer
The fascinating history of chess, from attempts to ban the game to the rise of supercomputers
The fascinating history of chess, from attempts to ban the game to the rise of supercomputers
Melissa WileyDec 17, 2020, 21:30 IST
Chess prodigy Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, reads a chess pamphlet in Netflix s miniseries The Queen Gambit. Netflix
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chess around the globe.
The series follows the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) in the 1960s.
The modern-day version of chess played in the show traces its origins back thousands of years and has a fascinating
history.
Chess is an entire world of just 64 squares, chess prodigy Beth Harmon says in The Queen s Gambit.
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When playing chess on a screen, Lauser has to hold the device at a particular angle in order to see any information.
In the year since Jessica Lauser moved to Kansas City, she s helped the 39th-seeded U.S. chess team for people with disabilities climb to 10th place but she s also experienced homelessness.
Chess champion Jessica Lauser is determined to do many things: earn a graduate degree in Slavic languages, reach the rank of national chess master and hang onto the Kansas City studio apartment she moved into earlier this year after a stint of homelessness.
Lauser is a three-time United States Blind Chess Champion, having won the competition in 2018, 2019, and 2020. And while she can take down just about anyone in chess particularly in games played in under five minutes her impaired vision makes other aspects of her life more difficult to handle.
4 business ideas inspired by Lady s Gambit , the popular Netflix series The fever that the show unleashed for chess can be a great opportunity to undertake.
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Make a checkmate in business. The sale of chess games has multiplied on distant e-commerce platforms as have new players online. The series of the moment,
Lady s Gambit , starring
Anya Taylor-Joy , is the adaptation of the original novel written by Walter Tevis in 1983. The story (if you haven t seen it yet, you should do it), tells the trajectory of Beth Harmon, a girl who learns to play chess by being orphaned and does everything in her power to overcome her opponents, while dealing with the consequences of drugs and alcohol.
Z-Corp in association with OCC launches online platform to teach chess
By: Times News Service
MUSCAT: To commemorate and as part of the celebration of the 50th National Day of the Sultanate of Oman, The Zubair Corporation (Z-Corp), in association with Omani Chess Committee (OCC), has launched an online platform dedicated to the game of chess in the presence of Al Zubair Mohammed Al Zubair, Vice Chairman, The Zubair Corporation. The launch of this platform comes within the framework of the country s ongoing celebrations of the glorious 50thNational Day. The online platform which will help learn about chess is now active.