Armenia :PLAYING on the stage at the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan, Armenia, is the aspiration for all competing countries. Electronic demonstration boards instantly flash up the moves, as they are ...

A man who has spent 50 years teaching youngsters how to play chess has said he was “flabbergasted” to learn he has been honoured by the King. Gerald Lobley, 79, from Kemnay in Aberdeenshire, has been ...

Despite being only 10 years old, Frederick Waldhausen Gordon is the top Scottish under-18 junior chess player Frederick Waldhausen Gordon is just 10 years old and has already defeated a chess ...

Frederick Waldhausen Gordon is just 10 years old and has already defeated a chess grandmaster. But the talented young Scottish player did not share his excitement with his school friends because he ...

An international master of chess is hoping to become king of the game again as the Scottish Championships comes to town. Dumbarton man Andrew Muir is preparing to take part in the prestigious event, ...

Gerald Lobley has taught people to play chess for half a century (PA) A man who has spent 50 years teaching youngsters how to play chess has said he was “flabbergasted” to learn he has been honoured ...

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CHESS is enjoying a renaissance among Scots kids thanks to Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit. Hundreds of kids all over the country are putting down their PlayStation and Xbox controllers to pick up ...

The Lewis Chessmen are one of the most fascinating and oldest chess sets in the world. They are currently housed in the British Museum. But, now at least six of these famous chess pieces would return ...

THE FRISSON of sexual attraction over a chess board has been a rare phenomenon, despite the opening manoeuvre first advanced to theory by Faye Dunaway in the Thomas Crown Affair. Against Steve McQueen ...

THE 120th Scottish Chess Championship will end tomorrow at the Victoria Hall in Helensburgh. The event is open to all nationalities, with the Scottish title reserved, of course, for the top Scot. Did ...