A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly “simple” chess puzzle. Clair Hart August 31, 2017 A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly “simple” chess puzzle....
Performance-Enhancing Drugs Help Chess Players?
Even Chess Leagues Have to Deal With Performance-Enhancing Drugs Sarah Sloat Drugs January 27, 2017 In 2008, professional chess grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk lost a game, then was immediately asked to provide a urine sample for a drug test. Ivanchuk...
JCR letter from FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
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Research challenge
Practice Doesn’t Make a Person Perfect, StudyBenita Matilda We all are familiar with the saying: “practice makes a man perfect,” but a new study has challenged this claiming that practice has less influence in making a person expert. Since...
Genius theory questioned
10,000 hours to genius theory questioned30 June 2014 | By Jane Bainbridge US — The concept that performers can reach elite status through 10,000 hours of practice rather than innate talent, championed by Swedish psychologist K. Anders Ericsson, is...
Journal for Chess Research announced prestigious Editorial Board
For Immediate Release, May 27, 2014 The newly formed Journal of Chess Research has announced its distinguished 20-member Editorial Board and seven member Advisory Board. The Editorial Board, consisting of 16 educators and four physicians from U.S, Cuba, Great...
Visualization Of Popular Opening Chess Moves
A Visualization Of Popular Opening Chess Moves Over TimeGeorge DvorskyToday 1:40pm Theoretically, there are 71,852 positions that can be obtained in chess after each player’s fourth move, the vast majority of which are strategically useless. So where to start?...
Welcome to the Journal of Chess Research
Welcome to the Journal of Chess Research Web Site The Journal of Chess Research is published quarterly in Lexington, Kentucky, and distributed to university libraries, academicians, chess players, researchers and other interested parties both in printed and electronic formats....
Why should everyone play chess?
WHY SHOULD YOU PLAY CHESS? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Source: http://library.advanced.org/10746/reasons.html Chess is a game for people of all ages. You can learn to play at any age and in chess, unlike in many other sports, you don’t ever...
Journal of Chess Research launches this summer
Journal of Chess Research launches this summer The Susan Polgar Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of a quarterly Journal of Chess Research beginning later this year. As a result, empirical research that tests, extends or explores current...