It starts quietly with 1.d4 and the tricky Benoni gambit. White accepts the pawn and launches the aggressive Nescafé Frappe Attack with Nb5 — a move that looks strange until it’s too late. Black grabs ...

Chess is currently in the middle of its third boom in popularity in recent years. The ancient sport had its first popularity boom during COVID lockdowns when many people, including prominent streamers ...

A good chess player, it has been said, is someone who can recall patterns, understands tactics and strategies and can envision openings and endgames. One might ask what that has to do with one of the ...