Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov is coming out of retirement to play in a US tournament next month, organisers announced on Thursday. Kasparov, who dominated the game for more than 15 years, will compete against nine top players, including current world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway, at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, … Read more
Japan on Tuesday was transfixed by a 14-year-old prodigy who smashed the record for consecutive wins in a chess-like board game called shogi. Junior high school student Sota Fujii notched up his 29th straight win late Monday, earning him rock-star media coverage with his face splashed across every major newspaper and the stunning feat topping … Read more
The political chess game of who leads the NDC is hot and alive. Some may shout their voices hoarse that it’s too early but the permutations, prognostications and pontifications are certainly rife. Though it is widely believed that Hon. Haruna Iddrisu has come out to say he wouldn’t contest (assuming this is true), this exercise … Read more
The political chess game of who leads the NDC is hot and alive. Some may shout their voices hoarse that it’s too early but the permutations, prognostications and pontifications are certainly rife. Though it is widely believed that Hon. Haruna Iddrisu has come out to say he wouldn’t contest (assuming this is true), this exercise … Read more
A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia’s largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan with artificial intelligence center stage. The annual Computex trade show in Taipei comes as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen seeks to boost the island’s economy with her ‘Asian Silicon Valley’ project, nurturing startups and attracting investments from major international companies. The … Read more
Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world’s number one Go player Ke Jie. AlphaGo secured the victory after winning the second game in a three-part match. DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis said Ke Jie had played “perfectly” and “pushed AlphaGo right to the limit”. Following the defeat, Ke Jie told reporters: “I’m a little … Read more
A 12-year-old girl was barred from a Malaysian chess tournament over her “seductive” dress, her coach has claimed, igniting public outrage against the organisers of the competition in the Muslim-majority nation. The Malaysian Chess Federation on Tuesday said it would investigate and denied that religious sensitivities had prompted the decision to exclude the young player, … Read more
Is one term presidency becoming the new phenomenon? Former President John Dramani Mahama was voted out after serving one term in office Goodluck Jonathan lost his second term attempt to the current President Gen Buhari,Joyce Banda lost her attempt in Malawi and John Dramani Mahama lost to Nana Akufo-Addo in his second term attempt. Two … Read more
A chess coach in Malaysia is demanding an apology after his 12-year-old student was forced to withdraw from a chess tournament after officials deemed her dress too “seductive.” Without revealing the minor’s name, Kaushal Khandhar, the girl’s chess coach, detailed on Facebook the “disturbing incident” that took place mid-April during the 2017 National Scholastic Chess … Read more
He toured the old town of Amatrice with mayor Sergio Pirozzi The Prince of Wales has visited an Italian town where more than 200 people died after a devastating earthquake. He toured the old town of Amatrice with mayor Sergio Pirozzi, who said after the disaster: “The town isn’t here any more.” Prince Charles will … Read more
Iran has banned some of its women players from billiard sports competitions for a year for violating the Islamic codes of conduct at a tournament in China, sporting authorities announced. The Disciplinary Committee of Bowling, Billiard and Boxing Federation did not reveal the nature of the alleged offences, saying it would name the transgressors later. … Read more
Organizers promised the structures would be a benefit for the citizens of Brazil Seven months after Rio de Janeiro hosted the first Olympic Games in South America, many of the expensive venue sites remain abandoned. Getty Images photojournalist Mario Tama recently captured images of the decaying structures that were promised by organizers to be a … Read more
The games were watched by about six million people around the world Magnus Carlsen of Norway has won the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive time after defeating challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia. Carlsen sealed victory following three weeks of play and a series of tiebreakers in New York. Karjakin tied against Carlsen in … Read more