A three-year-old in India has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official rating from the International Chess Federation (Fide). Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, who hails from the Sagar ...
My research shows that chess created a space in which players – regardless of their skin colour – could engage as equals.
Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial ...