I grew up knowing I was no good at chess, but …, writes Crikey reader Jay Martin.
World Championship Chess
Australia’s first chess Grandmaster Ian Rogers reports all the action-packed thrills and spills from the World Chess Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
World Championship Chess: It’s eye of the Tiger from Madras
Viswanathan Anand’s underdog victory is worthy of being made into a movie as the parallels between Anand’s success and the cinematic classic Rocky IV are uncanny, writes Ian Rogers from Sofia.
World Championship Chess: Does the bell toll for Topalov?
Bulgaria has been within touching distance of their first world match champion, but so far Veselin Topalov has lacked the composure to finish off the shaky World Champion and the score remains tied at 5.5-5, reports Ian Rogers in Sofia.
World Championship Chess: The great Anand is dead on his feet
This was the epic battle that chess fans around the world –- close to a million of them, watching and listening on multiple web platforms –- had been waiting for.
World Championship Chess: Anand’s senior moment means Topalov draws level
In chess, however far ahead you are one points, you are also only one mistake away from oblivion. And on Tuesday night, World Champion Viswanathan Anand discovered that the hard way, writes Ian Rogers in Sofia.
World Championship Chess: How Anand is the Sachin Tendulkar of chess
Viswanathan Anand’s rise from teenage superstar to acknowledged champion nearing the end of his sporting ascendance has paralleled that of Sachin Tendulkar, writes Ian Roger from Sofia.
World Championship Chess: Spy versus spy in Sofia as Topalov trails
In Bulgaria, Cold War memories die hard. And despite murky shadows surrounding competitive chess in that country, Crikey’s chess correspondent Ian Rogers is discovering that it is hometown hero Veselin Topalov that is feeling the heat.
World Championship Chess: Topalov’s embarrassing Bulgarian standoff
Veselin Topalov’s insistence that he would play the entire World Championship match without offering or accepting any draws, may have cost him the world title, writes Grandmaster Ian Rogers.
World Championship Chess: Sofia erupts as the games begin
The World Chess Championships have started, and Ian Rogers, Australia’s first Grandmaster, is in Sofia watching the action. Defending champion Viswanathan Anand is competing against local hero Veselin Topalov in the Bulgarian capital. It’s chess at its finest.
