Features: · Debate

  • Elite bridge player Margherita Chavarria from Italy.

    Why men outperform women at ‘mindsports’ – and what to do about it – 30 Jun 2024

    Having studied the gender divide in bridge, Samantha Punch has some insights for the chess community.

  • A suitable dose of chess enriches children and can foster their development in many ways.

    Protect our prodigies! – 28 May 2021

    Our obsession with titles and the age at which they are accomplished ill-serves our most talented and most vulnerable players. A better way to protect child prodigies from overzealous parents, coaches and officials is suggested by Stefan Löffler.

  • E-athletes in action

    What chess can learn from E-sport – 03 Dec 2020

    Is chess an E-sport? That is missing the real question. Chess has the same tools and opportunities available – and it should use them to attract players and sponsors, pleads Paul Meyer-Dunker.

  • Ken Regan, pictured on the cover of the US magazine Chess Life, is the chess community’s authority on cheating, but there is more research out there.

    Study the cheater! – 01 Dec 2020

    To understand and prevent cheating, the chess community should pay attention to the scientific literature in behavioural economics and other fields, urges Wolfgang Grünstäudl.

  • The cover of Schach magazine always comes with a stunning position. The tradition was broken with a trivial position on the cover of the August edition, where this article was originally published.

    Chess as a commodity? – 10 Aug 2020

    Four and a half months have gone by with hardly any significant classical chess. Elite players have started to behave like hustlers. One of the most hyped chess competitions ever was staged between beginners. Raj Tischbierek asks if it is an irreversible development or just a nightmare that will pass.