As a game, chess is more than 500 years old, but a popular new Netflix series and a persistent pandemic has seen Canadian interest in the pastime reach new levels. Aman Hambleton, a Canadian chess ...
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In late 2020, Netflix contributed to a huge boom for chess with the release of The Queen's Gambit, featuring Anya Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon. Nearly three years on, the streamer has ...
SINGAPORE: White pawn e4, black pawn e5, white’s bishop to c4. It is one of the most common opening sequences for chess, but even after one move, I could already feel my focus slipping away. Pressured ...