Magnus Carlsen
William Roland Hartston has written: 'Personality profiles of managers' -- subject(s): Middle managers, Personality assessment 'Karpov-Korchnoi 1974' -- subject(s): Tournaments, 1974, Chess 'Benoni (111P) (Batsford Algebraic Chess Openings)' 'How to cheat at chess' -- subject(s): Miscellanea, Chess 'The Benoni' -- subject(s): Openings, Chess 'The Penguin book of chess openings' -- subject(s): Chess, Openings, Collections of games
Yes. Chess is actually considered a sport by the International Olympics Committee. Although, a lot of people would disagree with this, because a sport is required to be physical by definition.In the report added to Related Links, you can find a transcription of the IOC where they didn't admint Chess in the Olympic Programme, but clearly recognize it as sport:"The Executive Board decided not to admit the following sports, which had made a request for inclusion into the Olympic Programme of the Games of the Olympiad: (...) Chess (FIDE)"
Yes there was. Not much information on it but it gets a mention on the Wikipedia page of William Hartson, one of the commentators on the show. "During the 1980s he presented the BBC series Play Chess"
he liked chess, hockey and soccer when h was younger
Playing chess was a common occurance for fathers & sons during those times. The father's strategy at the chess game doesn't tell me any much more about his personality than the way he handled the loss.
The cast of From the Second Chair - 2010 includes: Martin Baratz as Chess Player 2 Kristen Hale as Younger Margaret Bonnie Johnson as Older Margaret Leon Lamar as Man Playing Chess Evan McHugh as Younger Evan Dana Perine as Woman Selling Antiques
Andy Soltis has written: 'Colle system' 'Pawn structure chess' -- subject(s): Pawn (Chess) 'The inner game of chess' -- subject(s): Chess, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Chess 'The best chess games of Boris Spassky' -- subject(s): Collections of games, Chess 'The art of defense in chess' -- subject(s): Openings, Chess 'The book of chess lists' -- subject(s): Miscellanea, Chess 'Tal The Magnificent' 'The younger school of Soviet chess' -- subject(s): Chess players, Chess, Collections of games 'The great chess tournaments and their stories' -- subject(s): Chess, Tournaments, Biography 'Black to play and win with 1-g6' -- subject(s): Chess, Openings, Collections of games 'Colle system: Zukertort variation, 5 b3' 'Opening ideas and analysis for advanced players' 'Catalog of chess mistakes' -- subject(s): Chess 'How to play the Sicilian defense against all white possibilities' 'Beating the Sicilian Defense with the Short-Nunn Attack' -- subject(s): Chess, Openings, Collections of games
Bobby Fischer is an American chess player born on 9 March 1943. Fischer was the first American world chess champion and became as famous for his genius as he did for his personality quirks. He was known before becoming famous as being a reclusive figure and would commonly argue about trivial matters such as lighting during a chess game.
The word 'chess' is a singular, uncountable noun. Units of chess are expressed as games of chess tournaments of chess.
Chess matches; chess boards; versions of chess.
Yasser Seirawan has written: 'Winning chess strategies' -- subject(s): Chess 'Winning Chess Endings (Winning Chess)' 'Winning chess brilliancies' -- subject(s): Collections of games, Chess 'Competitive chess for kids' -- subject(s): Chess for children, Juvenile literature, Chess 'Playing Winning Chess'
Bruce Pandolfini has written: 'Square one' -- subject(s): Chess problems, Chess for children, Chess 'Principles of the new chess' -- subject(s): Chess 'Weapons of chess' -- subject(s): Chess 'Beginning chess' -- subject(s): Chess problems, Chess 'Chess openings' -- subject(s): Openings, Chess, Openingen (schaken), Tactiek 'More chessercizes' -- subject(s): Chess problems 'Every Move Must Have a Purpose' 'The chess doctor' -- subject(s): Chess problems 'Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess' 'Q&A Way in Chess' 'Power mates' -- subject(s): Checkmate (Chess) 'Let's play chess!' -- subject(s): Chess, Juvenile literature 'Chessercizes' -- subject(s): Chess, Collections of games, Study and teaching 'The winning way' -- subject(s): Openings, Chess 'More chess openings' -- subject(s): Chess, Openings 'BEST OF CHESS LIFE AND REVIEW, VOLUME 1 (Fireside Chess Library)' 'Kasparov's winning chess tactics' -- subject(s): Chess, Collections of games, Tournaments