The International Chess Federation (FIDE) will be joining hands with Chess24.com to hold the first FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial tournament. The event is being held in memory of Wilhelm Steinitz (1836 ...

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Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will participate at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Online Steinitz Memorial tournament next weekend. The three-day event, held May 15-17, will feature ...

Chess has sometimes been termed “the Jewish National Game” due to the extraordinary number of great Jewish grandmasters. One such was Wilhelm Steinitz, who ranked as first undisputed world chess ...

World champion Magnus Carlsen may not have been in top form through the course of the inaugural FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial but he was more than a match for his opponents and won the competition ...

Wilhelm Steinitz was “a fat phlegmatic little man, with a fine forehead and mussed hair and clothes,” according to one newspaper account. He was also the favorite at the inaugural world chess ...

Take on Wilhelm Steinitz in a recreation of a 4th World Championship game in Havana, 1892. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky Perfect! mistakes made. Come back tomorrow for ...

The International Chess Federation Online Steinitz Memorial concluded with Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem sharing fourth place with two other players. Liem scored nine points, the same as ...