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International Chess Day: The little known story of chess s real Beth Harmon
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الكشف عن الفعاليات والعروض الترفيهية في إكسبو 2020
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The dark side of chess: Payoffs, points, and 12-year-old grandmasters “I believe it is possible that if I went to the effort, I think I could get my dog a grandmaster’s title.” Street chess players in central Kyiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2021. Far from prying eyes, secret agreements and cash exchanges to arrange results at chess tournaments not uncommon, according to interviews with chess players and FIDE officials. (Misha Friedman/The New York Times) By Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times Service July 13, 2021 | 7:25 PM
KYIV, Ukraine Sergei Karjakin had only one game of chess left, and he had to win it.
It should have been an easy task. The opponent was the lowest-ranked player in the tournament. Karjakin was one of the rising talents in chess, a poised and accomplished boy of 12 years 7 months who was, at that moment, one victory from becoming the game’s youngest grandmaster.
Rank and File | World Champion Upset in Goldmoney Tournament
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Today in History
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Today in History
Today is Sunday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2021. There are 173 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 11, 1995, the U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET’-sah) in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
On this date:
In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.
In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)