In the previous two Wednesday columns you had learnt the importance of controlling the centre and developing your pieces quickly towards it. It’s time we move on to...

Hello everyone! This is IM Srinath, Narayanan and I am going to be here every Monday on articles that focus on games after the first 30 moves. Have you often wondered, &...

Hello everyone! This is IM Srinath Narayanan here, with another interesting Friday column! In the last two weeks we saw some very impressive 9 year olds defeating grandma...

Children have been learning by trial and error from the very first steps they took, the very first words they spoke and the very first things that they did. A child does ...

In 2011, Deb Roy, a cognitive scientist and MIT researcher gave a TED talk about the birth of words and how we communicate the most popular topics through ...

Hello everyone! this is IM Srinath, and I am back again with the basics of opening strategy.  In the second article of this series published last Wednesday, you lear...

mqdefault.jpg After making some videos in marathi.I made my first video in english.In this video series I will try to explain some position which I came across and found...

And then the match came to a sudden end! In game 11 Vishy, making use of the Berlin defense once again, confidently outplayed his opponent. It was, however, not to be. Ma...

Hello everyone! This is IM Srinath Narayanan here.  In continuation of last week's David beats Goliath column, this week we look at another 9 year old scalping a gra...

On the eve of the Carlsen - Anand world championship match, Chessity organized a small Chess tactics puzzle contest on Twitter. We posted ten puzzles, which were tactics ...

Game 10 saw the reigning World Champion returning to the Grunfeld defense. Vishy deviated from game 1 by employing the Russian Variation (4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3). The game devel...

Imagine our joy when we were asked to make a recap video on game 9! :) On a more serious note, today was a very good day for Vishy, making an effortless draw in the Berl...

Amidst the 2014 World Chess Championship that's currently taking place, the Tashir International "Super-tournament" concluded last week in Moscow. The special ev...

Hi everyone! this is IM Srinath, and I am back again with the basics of opening strategy.In our introductory column last Wednesday, you had learnt the three main strategi...

Not exactly the most spectacular game of the match but an important one nonetheless! Game 8 saw Magnus Carlsen showing deep preparation in a rare line of the Queens Gambi...