by John Bain | Aug 13, 2025 | Blog, Chess in the News!, Prodigies in Chess, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Divya Deshmukh India’s chess prodigy 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh won the prestigious FIDE 2025 Women’s World Cup! Divya is an Indian chess player who besides winning the 2025 World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, also earned the Grandmaster title by... Read more 
by John Bain | May 8, 2025 | Blog, Chess in the News!, Prodigies in Chess, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Alice Lee defeats 8-time USA Women’s Chess Champion Irina Krush is sudden death Blitz Chess tiebreaks! Somewhat overshadowed by the news from the World Chess Candidates Tournaments in Toronto, Canada, Alice Lee did something really amazing in March... Read more 
by John Bain | Jul 15, 2024 | 2024 Chess Championship, Blog, Chess in the News!
FIDE World Chess Championship Match November 20 – December 15, 2024 Singapore byJohn Bain The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced that the Singapore Chess Federation supported by the Government of Singapore won the bid to host the 2024 FIDE World... Read more 
by John Bain | Jun 19, 2024 | Blog, Chess in the News!, Prodigies in Chess, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Alice Lee defeats 8-time USA Women’s Chess Champion Irina Krush is sudden death Blitz Chess tiebreaks! Somewhat overshadowed by the news from the World Chess Candidates Tournaments in Toronto, Canada, Alice Lee did something really amazing in March... Read more 
by John Bain | Feb 26, 2024 | Blog, Chess and Science, Chess in the News!
Good chess, good science and politics! One’s gotta go! by John Bain “Ouroboros is an ancient mythological serpent. Hungry to make itself stronger, Ouroboros consumes its tail and ends up consuming itself.” -Dan Dalthrop, author of “…The... Read more 
by John Bain | Nov 27, 2023 | Blog, Chess in the News!, Prodigies in Chess
Ohad Munder-ZichriisFreed! by John Bain On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded Israel, murdering 1,200 innocent Jewish civilians and capturing more than 200 Jewish hostages, including children and the elderly.Among the hostages was 9-year-old Ohad, his mother, grandmother... Read more 
