Before the 2020 chess boom, making a living as a chess player was not easy. The main means of earning money were playing the game, coaching, and selling books or chess-related products. As chess was not as popular as it is today, books or chess-re...
Computers and online chess Since 1997, when IBM’s “Deep Blue” defeated the World Champion (Kasparov), the world of chess has changed dramatically. Chess engines gradually improved and they are now much more powerful than any human could ever beco...
Before 1886 Chess was born out of the Indian game chaturanga before the 600s AD, and it eventually evolved into what we know as chess around the 16th century, but it became popular only in the mid 18th century, when Francois-Andre Philidor publis...
