Anton Smirnov, 14, meets GM Jahonghir Vakhidov, 20, at the Malaysian Chess Festival Open 2015.(Supplied) The ancient game of chess is having a renaissance in Australia among a new generation of ...

A rising Aussie chess whiz talks about beating grandmasters and what he loves about the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit. “During the pandemic, I watched it a little bit, it’s one of the things ...

“During the pandemic, I watched it a little bit, it’s one of the things that got me interested in chess,” he told NewsWire this week in an exclusive interview. “I didn’t really know what chess was but ...