By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club Here is a sampling of famous people who played or influenced chess: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – The American founding father and Renaissance man was also an avid chess player. He is the first American known to have written a book on chess. “Morals on Chess” was published posthumously …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club This week we finish up with World Chess Champions Gary Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. Deep Blue (computer) – Kasparov, Gary, 1:0, 1997 Caro-Kann Defense Perhaps it is unfair to include this game in this series since Kasparov’s opponent was a computer. But make …
By Kameron Toliver “The Queen’s Gambit” is worth the hype. I am usually skeptical on chess movies, but this one is so much more than chess. The movie tackles many touchy aspects of life that are relatable in these times such as: Addiction Loneliness Teamwork Friendships Being an introvert Dealing with death Revisiting your past …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin The “Queen’s Gambit” is one of the most common chess openings, in which white temporarily sacrifices a pawn, with the intent of building a strong center. Along with the Ruy Lopez, the Queen’s gambit is one opening that is often played in top-level grandmaster games. However, in …
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By Candidate Master Danilo Cuellar, Premier Chess Rockland County Instructor and Founder of Danilovich Chess Here’s the list of my recommended chess related documentaries and movies. These films are free on Amazon Prime: Magnus This film is called “Magnus”. It came out in 2016. It’s a documentary style film about the life of child prodigy, …
by CEO National Master Evan Rabin On or off the chess board, every move must have a purpose. In September 2016, I travelled with Masa Israel to the IAC Conference in Washington DC. At the gala dinner, my friend Garrison Corben and I had trouble deciding on a table to sit at and randomly chose …
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by Dylan Kaplan, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Alumnni When I act, I must envision exactly what I want prior to beginning my scene. During the scene, I use tactics with the other actors onstage to achieve my desired goal or outcome. The same is true in chess. Chess requires the player to look …
By Eliana Bane, Marketing Intern “These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.” ~Kobe Bryant Many sports players acknowledge the skill, strategy and technique that is needed to play chess. Kobe Bryant is known as one of the best players that played in the NBA. He appeared in 15 All-Star Games, won …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern Chess is one of the oldest games that is still around today. Although no one knows the exact location where the game came from there seems to be a consensus that the game originated in India around the 8th century. However, Persia helped shape the game as well. When you …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has single-handedly made chess a main-stream activity through his Twitch stream. While Twitch is primarily used by video gamers, due to COVID-19 and cabin fever, many chess players have started streaming. Several months ago our Jersey City School Programs manager National Expert Sean Finn …
