James Burke reports from Reykjavik, Iceland, on the World Chess Championship, which sees the outspoken American Bobby Fischer compete against Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Before a single move has been made, many are already dubbing it the "M...
I had the pleasure to interview Northwest Chess legend Viktors Pupols for the Northwest Chess Magazine. A quick introduction: Viktors Pupols or known as uncle "Vik" among chess players was born in 1934. He won the Washington State Chess Champion...
I came across these photos on Facebook as someone posted them. I never knew that Fischer meet Fidel Castro, the great revolutionary fighter. Here are some more photos I found. I did some online research and came across the book B...
Hi All Chess Players, I wrote a blog on chess films and chess documentaries I've seen over the years. You can checkout the blog here. Hope you enjoy them and if you have any new (or old) chess movies or documentaries you have seen tha...
Just curious, what music (if any) do you listen to when you are studying chess, like for example doing daily puzzles, endgames, openings, etc. Personally, I like music that helps me concentrate, after all in chess, you must have 100% concentrati...
Hey chess.com community, I missed the Carlsen - Grishuk match on chess.com/TV. Is their a place I can see the whole video of it? Plese post a link on the comment section if youknow where to find the video. Thanks.
Hi, I am shopping for a laptop, my budget is limited to $500. Now I need your help to help me out which laptop is better between Acer and ASUS. (or Dell) Thank you.... :-)
Richard P. Feynman was born in New York City on the 11th May 1918. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1939 and at Princeton University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1942. He was Resear...
Hi, can anyone tell me if there is any chess.com videos on how to checkmate with a knight and a Bishop Vs a King? I think the chess.com video section should have a search option. Thank you....
This is a ground breaking documentary film by BBC about what really happened to Jesus Christ after he was put on the cross. Did he really died in 6 hours and "rose up from the dead". To know the answer then see the movie.
Hi, How do I de-activate my gold membership? I asked staff member on the help channel and none of them could answer!! Then I went to the membership page and posted my question to the "aske me" box and waited for an hour and no reply. So now I n...
Hello everybody! I just achived a Philidor's mate position in a 1 min speed chess game and I wanted to share it with you. I know there is many mistakes but who cares its a one min game!
