THERE are only 40 active grandmasters of chess recognized in the U.S. Valley-dweller Varuzhan Akobian is No. 11. And he can read you like a book. “I can tell by a person’s body language what they are ...
Two of the world’s best chess players took on 26 kids Monday in a match of speed chess, a prelude to a three-day invitational in Santa Rosa. The boy rested his head on a picnic table overlooking a ...
Grandmasters Varuzhan Akobian (Left) and Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Chess Championships. (Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis) Following the biggest victory of his career, ...