Chess maestro Magnus Carlsen has been the world chess champion since 2013. Over the next three weeks in Dubai, he'll face off against Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi, a dangerous, quick-thinking opponent.
Chess maestro Magnus Carlsen has been the world chess champion since 2013. Over the next three weeks in Dubai, he'll face off against Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi, a dangerous, quick-thinking opponent.
The quarrel between Georg Meier and Elisabeth Paehtz last year turned into a serious dispute within the German Chess Federation. As a consequence, Georg Meier has transferred to the Uruguayan Chess Federation, as he had previously announced. | Photo: Grenke Chess
Berlin, the capital of Germany, will be the main host of the 2022 Grand Prix Series. The Series, a part of the World Chess Championship circuit, will run from February to April in a bespoke-designed chess arena. The city was chosen by World Chess, the gaming company that organizes the Series in partnership with FIDE, as well as by chess fans from around the world. | Photos: World Chess
Chess, which can be played online without any contact, is a hobby that is essentially perfect for lockdown. dpa/Felix Koenig
Chess is enjoying a moment. Between the pandemic keeping everyone at home and a popular new Netflix series, the nearly 1,500-year-old game is attracting players young and old.
“The longer the pandemic lasts, the more people want to occupy themselves elsewhere, ” says Achim Schmitt, president of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chess Federation, in south-west Germany.
And as luck would have it, chess, which can be played online without any contact, is a hobby that is essentially perfect for lockdown.
“Online chess is definitely being played much more than a year ago, ” says Ullrich Krause, president of the German Chess Federation.