World Chess Champions and Their Coaches
by Chess champions often work closely with coaches to improve their skills and strategies. These coaches play a crucial role in the development of chess champions, …
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How to setup a chessboard and understand annotations?
Whether it is a home/ hobby/ travel chess game setup or a world championship tournament finale, a few standards are always observed. Lets understand where …
All you need to know about Chess Sacrifices
In the game of chess, a sacrifice refers to an intentional & strategic decision by a player to give up a valuable piece, typically a …
List of 83 Chess Grandmasters From India (Aug 2023)
As of 1 August 2023 there are 83 chess grandmasters in India. First grandmaster from India was Viswanathan Anand. He accomplished this in 1987. In …
Famous Chess Quotes: What They Said?
“Chess is life.” – Bobby Fischer “The passed pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police …
Chess Players and Birthdays in the month of June!
ChessBox wishes all chess players who have birthdays in the month of June (the list is work in progress) : June 1: Alexander Khalifman (born …
Understand the Most Popular Chess Opening in World Chess Championship
Do you know which is most popular chess openining played by the gr&masters in FIDE world championships? There might be different opinions, however, the queen’s …
FIDE June 2023 Ratings – Top 100 Indian Male Chess Players
Latest standings of Indian male chess players With a FIDE rating of 2754, Viswanathan Anand is the best-rated chess player from India. He is considered …
Young Chess Prodigy D Gukesh, the Rockstar!
Dommaraju Gukesh,born 29th May’06 in Thrissur, Kerala, India is popularly known in chess world as Gukesh D. This Indian chess grandmaster is the third-youngest person …
Ding Liren: World Championship Contender | 2023
Ding Liren, an undisputed Chinese chess grandmaster, born on October 24, 1992, in Wenzhou, China started playing chess at a very young age and quickly …