SANDS: Buzzer-beater clinches chess title for Texas TechBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, April 10, 2012 To the disappointment of basketball fans everywhere, this year’s hardwood version of the collegiate Final Four featured no buzzer-beaters, no last-minute 3-pointers to...
Giri fell to Nyzhnyk
SANDS: Rising stars light up Euro chess championshipBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, March 27, 2012 Cue the chorus of “Sunrise, Sunset.” In one more sign that kids grow up fast these days, 17-year-old prodigy GM Anish Giri had...
Chess match made in heaven won’t come off in Beijing
SANDS: Chess match made in heaven won’t come off in BeijingBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, March 20, 2012 For one brief, shining moment last week, the impending world championship fight between Indian titleholder Viswanathan Anand and Israeli challenger...
Saluting some chess greats of greatest generation
SANDS: Saluting some chess greats of greatest generationBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, March 6, 2012 Chess is witnessing the passing of its own “greatest generation” of luminaries who came of age in the years after World War II...
Great chess rivalry from century ago
SANDS: Opposites attack: Great chess rivalry from century agoBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, February 28, 2012 They were polar opposites at the chessboard and, because of that, produced one of the most intriguing collections of head-to-head battles in...
Low-key Aronian soars high at Tata Steel
Low-key Aronian soars high in Wijk aan Zee chess tournamentBy David R. Sands and David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, January 31, 2012 Armenian GM Levon Aronian has added another chapter to a career that has been both illustrious and...
Reason to give thanks: Top chess players in action
SANDS: Reason to give thanks: Top chess players in actionBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, November 22, 2011 Chess is offering up a holiday banquet this week in both the men’s and women’s game. In Moscow, one of the...
Bobby vs. the Soviets
SANDS: Bobby vs. the Soviets, half a century agoBy David R. Sands – The Washington TimesTuesday, November 15, 2011 Fifty years ago this fall, Bobby Fischer and the Soviets staged a stirring battle for supremacy in the small Yugoslav...
Mixing it up at the board
Artwork by Mike Magnan SANDS: Juniors, seniors mix it up crazily at the boardBy David R. SandsThe Washington Times One more great thing about chess is that one can play the game irrationally at any age. Today’s wild and...
Crashing the party
SANDS: How Texas Tech crashed the party By David R. Sands – The Washington Times6:37 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 The first one is always the hardest — and the sweetest. As we reported last week, Texas Tech is...