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James Eade Receives Arthur Award For Chess Excellence

Mar 10, 2020

by James Eade The Arthur Award for Chess Excellence, a prize of $1,000, was established in 2020 by the Eade Foundation and was established to memorialize Arthur W. Eade. Arthur W. Eade taught his son, James Eade, the game of chess and bought James his first chess...

Is Chess Just a Game?

Mar 3, 2020

The Chess Files The answers are out there. By Jim Eade Is Chess Just a Game? The answer is it depends. We must always begin by defining our terms. One might think we all know what we mean by the word game, but philosophers, beyond my realm of expertise,...

Who is the greatest chess player of all time?

Mar 2, 2020

How do you compare players from different times? What criteria should we use?

Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest IM ever!

Feb 28, 2020

Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest IM ever! We have established a new award for Chess Excellence: This year's Arthur Award for Chess Excellence is IM Abhimanyu Mishra. His essay is below. "I am IM Abhimanyu Mishra who recently broke GM Praggnanandhaa’s world...