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Hungarian-American chess grandmaster Susan Polgar. (Renata Goreczki)
October 25, 2025, 8:06 am
Skewering antisemites and sexists, a chess queen recounts her journey to the top
In new memoir, ‘Rebel Queen,’ Hungarian Jewish grandmaster Susan Polgar details attacking the forces that tried, and failed, to put her in check on the way to becoming a world champion
By Rich Tenorio
US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky appears in a live-stream, on October 18, 2025. (Screen capture via Daniel Naroditsky on YouTube)
October 21, 2025, 10:02 am
American chess grandmaster and popular streamer Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29
Son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and Azerbaijan, prodigy earned highest chess title short of world champion at 18; his livestreams drew thousands, bringing game to new audiences
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Ilya Smirin (top right) with co-commentator Fiona Steil-Antoni in a live stream of the Women's Grand Prix chess tournament, September 27, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 28, 2022, 8:45 pm
Israeli chess grandmaster sacked for sexist comments
In debut as commentator, Ilya Smirin says female player wants to ‘be like men’; International Chess Federation condemns ‘very embarrassing’ remarks
By ToI Staff
Jennifer Shahade at the London Chess Classic, December 18, 2015. (YouTube screenshot)
January 30, 2021, 3:04 am
Female chess champ hopes Netflix hit ‘Queen’s Gambit’ will inspire more women
Just like Beth Harmon, flame-haired Jennifer Shahade has been checkmating her way to the top of her game as a two-time US Women’s Chess Champion and Woman Grandmaster
By Micaela Blitz
Illustrative. A chess set. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 14, 2019, 8:32 am
Chess grandmaster caught cheating with phone on toilet
Igor Rausis, 58, had raised suspicions by making an unlikely rise in rankings at an advanced age
By AP and ToI Staff
An Iranian woman adjusts her headscarf, while crossing a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 13, 2018, 5:31 pm
Indian woman chess star boycotts Iran event over headscarf law
Grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan says demand to cover hair violates her basic human rights and freedom of expression
By AFP
This file photo taken on March 24, 2017 shows Russian former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov posing in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSON)
August 13, 2017, 1:21 pm
‘Chess god’ Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later
Fans flock to St. Louis to watch former world champion come out of retirement to challenge a new generation of players
By Shahzad ABDUL
Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar, center, with Mikhail Gorbachev, left, and translator Pavel Palazhchenko. (Courtesy)
May 10, 2017, 8:31 am
Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege
Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles
By Rich Tenorio
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