10+ Best Articles on Chess
The most useful articles on chess from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Chess Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on chess by Refind users.
- Theory of mind: What chess and drug dealers can teach you about manipulation
- Playing chess is an essential life lesson in concentration
- James Stanley - Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes
- We Taught Computers To Play Chess — And Then They Left Us Behind
- The cheating scandal roiling the chess world has a new wrinkle
Videos
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Inside Magnus Carlsen's mind: How he visualizes the chess board
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How to Get Good at Chess, Fast
How to Get Good at Chess, Fast A step-by-step guide to rapid chess improvement Last updated: March 1, 2016 Edit: This article was unexpectedly popular, reaching #2 on Hacker News and being linked t…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on chess—all under 10 minutes.
James Stanley - Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes
Sat 30 July 2022 Tagged: software, 3dprinting, chess, electronics I have come up with a new way to win at chess: I have connected up a Raspberry Pi Zero in my pocket to some buttons and vibration…
Theory of mind: What chess and drug dealers can teach you about manipulation
From grandmasters to drug dealers, people who make deft use of "theory of mind" can remain several steps ahead of their rivals.
«Every social interaction is a game of chess, trying to get inside someone’s head to navigate what they are thinking or what they will do.»
The cheating scandal roiling the chess world has a new wrinkle
World champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly resigned after making a single move in his highly anticipated rematch with Hans Niemann. Calls have increased for an investigation.
We Taught Computers To Play Chess — And Then They Left Us Behind
The chess machines never stop playing.
Cheating, groupies, big money and drunken brawls: how chess went rock n’roll
Chess’s fusty image has been shaken by recent allegations of underhand tactics. But as any fan or player can tell you, it has long been younger, hipper – and wilder – than most outsiders realised
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on chess.
Playing chess is an essential life lesson in concentration
The challenge of chess – learning how to hold complexity in mind and still make good decisions – is also the challenge of life
«I believe concentration is a defining feature of a fulfilling life, a necessary habit of mind for a viable civilisation, and that chess can teach us more about what concentration really means.»
Reconstructing Turing's "Paper Machine"
Can you guess when the first chess program was written – relative to the invention of computers? Ten years later? Wrong. The great mathematician Alan Turing did it earlier than that. During the…
The Chess Master and the Computer by Garry Kasparov
In 1985, in Hamburg, I played against thirty-two different chess computers at the same time in what is known as a simultaneous exhibition. I walked from one machine to the next, making my moves over a period of more than five hours. The four leading chess computer manufacturers had sent their top models, including eight […]
Garry Kasparov on AI, Chess, and the Future of Creativity
Change is inevitable, says the chess grandmaster, and we should speed up our search for the edge of human potential.
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Chess, including:
Big Think
Learn from the world’s greatest thinkers. Join us on https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink.
Chess.com
The world's largest chess community. Join today! Need support? Contact @chesscomsupport. For live event coverage, follow @chesscomlive.
Quanta Magazine
Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. http://quantamagazine.org
MIT Technology Review
Our in-depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s really happening now to help you know what’s coming next. http://technologyreview.com/newsletters
FiveThirtyEight
Data-driven news and analysis from ABC News’s FiveThirtyEight
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