Strategically, chess may not be the most complicated game, but it can be daunting to learn. Part of the reason is the vast literature about how to play chess - particularly about the opening phase, the first 15 moves or so

Grand Master Sergey Karjakin might be the highest ranked chess player in the ongoing Asian Chess Champions League but he is still a teenager accompanied by his proud mother Tatania to all the international chess tournaments he takes part in. Sergey made history and headlines when he became the youngest ever chess Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and seven months. With an elo rating of 2730, Sergey is the highest ranked chess player and shoulders the hopes of the hosts to win the title.

Chess is not simple, but it can seem uncomplicated compared with the issues swirling around the governance of the game.

Press conference of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Monday, 15 December 2008 After making the first ceremonial move at the 1st board of the 3rd tournament of the FIDE Grand Prix in Elista Radjabov-Cheparinov, the Head of the Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov gave a press conference.

If you are like me you enjoy playing chess but hate losing more
often than you win. For me at least, winning often seemed more
of an accident than skill. Well, having many hours of trial and
error, studying moves my opponents made, looking at what I was
doing, etc. I came up with a few basic ideas on [...]