Varuzhan Akobian was a boy of only 5 years old when he discovered the game of chess. His father was his first opponent, and the match took place shortly after Akobian’s family moved to Mongolia from ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday, January 22, 6th tour of the 72nd Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Holland) was held. In the 6th tour, grandmaster group B participant, Armenian chess player ...

The First Annual Paradise Ridge Winery Grand Master Chess Match. Event promoter: Thomas Southerland Presents. (Promoter and organizer of the Akobian - Shulman Match.) World famous Grand Masters ...

Brahmin Brown didn’t waste any time. Peering up at a chess grandmaster through his glasses, the Hillcrest Academy second-grader raised his hand and asked — point blank — when he’d get his opportunity ...

Position No. 6089: White to play and win. From the game Dariusz Mikrut-Maria Gosciniak, Warsaw 2009. Solution to Position No. 6088: Black wins with 1 . . . Qxf2+! 2 Kxf2 Re2+ 3 Kxf3 (or 3 Kg1 f2 mate) ...

Wesley So is half a point ahead entering the eighth round. WESLEY So stayed on top of the US Chess Championships after a draw against Varuzhan Akobian in the seventh round in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

Chess players often talk of the creative aspect of chess the role of imagination in conceiving strategies. Sometimes the desire to execute an original plan can overwhelm even the desire to win.