Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is a chess grandmaster from India. She was originally named Hampi but her father later changed it to Humpy, a more Russian-sounding name. She writes her family name (Koneru)... Read more »
Just over a decade ago, on May 11, 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated the best chess player in the world, Garry Kasparov. Computer scientist Murray Campbell was one of the programmers of Deep Blue and moved the chess pieces for the comput... Read more »
George Henry Mackenzie was born on March 24, 1837 in North Kessock, Scotland. In 1856, at the age of 19, he purchased a commission in the 60th Rifles (the King’s Royal Rifle Corps). He served as a Lieutenant in the British army i... Read more »
Fred Reinfeld was born in New York City on January 27, 1910. Reinfeld wrote over 100 chess books in his lifetime, and perhaps over 260 books total. He also wrote about geology, history, numismatics, checkers, and astronomy. He was said to have... Read more »
Hou Yifan started playing chess at the age of 6. She was admitted to the National Chess Center in Beijing and has leading Chinese grandmaster Ye Jiangchuan as her trainer. She plays e4 as White and as Black, a variety of Sicilians (Dragon, N... Read more »
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