#queens-gambit

#queens-gambit

In the midst of an ongoing national chess boom, a Whitney Young Magnet High School student started tutoring other students on how to play the game in his apartment courtyard.Then struck by the traditionally limited diversity in the chess world, Chetan Cherukuri began his own website, CourtyardChess.club, to help attract underrepresented players.

Each week more than 50 people sit in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College with one thing on their mind.Timers primed, children and adults face one another with 16 intricate playing pieces to hand.They show up regardless of the weather to play a pastime going through a boom period across the UK - chess.

(Image credit: Chess World Championship)
Back in 2018 the World Chess Championship caused a stir and set the internet aflame with its stylised logo inspired by the Kama Sutra.You read that right, professional chess got sexy.But the initial complaints overlooked one huge error, can you spot it?To recap, the World Chess Championship rebrand was for the 2018 competition being held in London and was created by studio, Shuka Design.