So, I'm going to tell you just three stories today. Three very important stories from my own lived experiences and some of my reflections over the past couple of years. There's a boy I think about very often. Something happened last year and I haven't stopped thinking about this boy since then. So, it was a week before I traveled to the US. I was prepared to go to America for the first time in my life. I went to the mall to do some shopping and I parked my car just outside the mall. I went in, got a few thi ...

through 75 fights >> representing Russia. >> Russia won victory after victory. >> Russia. Russia. >> Russia.>> But there were other contenders, too. We saw knockdowns and knockouts. There was a little blood, a lot of sweat, but no tears.We saw fighters who flexed and grizzled veterans who tried. We saw nervous newbies and women fighters who pulled no punches. >> IMMEDIATELY, A KNOCKDOWN TO START THE FIGHT BY FRANCE.>> Then it was showtime for chess master William Grafe. Coach Matt Thomas told us chess playe ...

A former Harlem Globe Trotter, Clark traded hoops for the ring 11 years ago. He's got the staredown perfected. His chess a work in progress.We first met God King in Time Square, where he'd taken out a billboard to drum up interest in the sport. Clark told us he had one uncle who was a boxer and another who was a chess master. And the next thing you know, the chess board would roll out and they would be playing chess till 1 and 2:00 in the morning and I was just always around it.And so when I heard of chess ...

Athlete's Background - William Gambit Man Grafe is a New York State chess champion who started playing chess competitively at the age of five [1] - Grafe added 30 lb of muscle to become a chess boxer [1] - Grafe weighs 160 lb [2] - Grafe was ridiculed and ostracized for being a scrawny chess player [2] Chess Boxing - Chess boxing combines chess and boxing [1][2] - There is no prize money in chess boxing [3] - Participants pay their own way to compete in chess boxing [2] Personal Motivation - Grafe sees chess boxing as an opportunity to tell his story and challenge himself [2]

Review: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher lead a fruitlessly revamped version of "Chess," the 1980s synth-pop extravaganza about the board game, a love triangle and the Cold War https://t.co/3qkcGN3eYh ...

What happens when life unravels everything that you've already planned and the script that you followed so carefully suddenly does not fit. Do you get scared and hide yourself into the old or would you go forward and write a new story. Friends, I'm Lakshmi Priya.Today I'm here to take you into five moments of my life that has broken me, built me and helped me become who I am today. I was nine when I sat before the chessboard. Initially it was very interesting uh playing around moving the pieces imagining po ...

Have you ever felt stuck and couldn't progress at anything. Hi, my name is Elia Sepa. According to a study conducted in the Bradford PA district school taken by chessing education from 1996 to 2001 showed the students who play chess daily showed an annual increase of 17.3% of critical analytic thinking skills rather than the students who didn't play chess.Many people may argue or think and have the common misconception of thinking that chess is only for very intelligent people or very old people. Many of yo ...

Also tonight, a whole bunch of unanswered questions around the death of a 29-year-old American chess superstar. How Daniel Narodatski, one of the most influential voices in the chess world. How he died is not yet known.He became a grandmaster. That's the highest title in chess aside from world champion. He got that title at just 18 years old.Nerdatski faced multiple cheating allegations from another chess player in the last year. He denied those accusations. And now a grandmaster from India posting online i ...

I don’t like fancy chessboards.They distract from your ability to analyse the board.Amateurs enjoy the aesthetics of ornate chessboards.Professionals enjoy the aesthetics of basic pieces executing decisive victory.The game's brutality is already beautiful. ...

Представете си, че се намирате зад шахматната дъска. Ход след ход следвате своя план и изведнъж противникът ви изиграва ход, който ви предоставя неочаквана възможност. Имате избор да продължите по сравнително комфортния си първоначален план или да се отклоните от него и да поемете по новата посока, която крие своите предизвикателства.Какво ще изберете. Здравейте, казвам се Никола Кънов и съм межрен майстор Пошах. Подобни избори се налага да правя всеки ден.Дали да изиграя познат дебют или да изненадам проти ...