Chess

Over the last few weeks, two young men waged a fierce mental battle against each other in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, seeking the title of World Chess Champion. They played twelve grueling rounds of classical chess, with most games lasting seven hours or more. When those ...read more

• By Daniel Pinchbeck
  Dec 5, 2016

Bill Gates might be the second richest man on the planet and an incredibly astute business man, but he's a complete lightweight at chess. That is, compared with Magnus Carlsen, the world number 1 chess player who beat him in precisely 79 seconds. Chess at Carlsen's level is not ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 24, 2014