Anchors in Floating Lives

• Victor Mather, On the Schedule: Chess, Horse Racing and Children Lifting, The New York Times, March 25, 2020

One event proceeding as scheduled is the chess Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia. One of the most important events on the calendar, its winner will challenge the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, for his title. [Read more].

“Chess tournaments are tough during the best of times and certainly much tougher now”, Caruana said. “Hopefully it gets people’s minds off of the epidemic”. [Read more]. Photo © Lennart Ootes.