Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom

Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are among the Premier League stars "addicted" to chess, helping to spark a surge in the game ...
Sports Illustrated

Titans DB Bringing Chess to Football

NASHVILLE — Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie, one of the newest additions to the Tennessee Titans, is not just a talented player but a unique one. His journey to this point has been shaped by his love of ...
The New York Times

Why Guardiola, Maresca and Salah love chess: Space, patterns and ‘controlling the centre’

What do Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca have in common? Coaches wedded to a certain style of football? Midfielders who became managers? Worked together at Manchester City? Bald? All of these things are ...
The News-Gazette

Playing The Game of Chess/ Football

Only the two people playing the game know exactly what is happening on the "field" of play...and there is a lot of strategy involved in winning the game. If you play chess...you have to really be ...