Making a case for chess in schools

White: Wesley So Black: Garry Kasparov 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. h3 Bd7 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nc4 f6 11. d6 Nc8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O Bc6 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rc1 Nge7 17. Qb3 h6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Ncxe5 fxe5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. Ba4 Qb7 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qe6+ Ne7 24. Bc5 (Diagram) Rc8 25. Bxe7. Black resigns. 1-0. After 25. Bxe7 25… Bf8 26. Bxc6+ Qxc6 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Bd6+ Be2 29. Qxe7 checkmate.

 

Someone once declared, a picture is worth a thousand words. For decades, those words have echoed resonantly in my mind. During the tasteful Tata Steel chess tournament which was conducted in the Netherlands, and at which the current world champion and some of the world’s top ten players participated, official photographer for the Chessbase website, Alina l’Ami, treated chess lovers to a dazzling array of still images. She travels the universe to bring chess images to the populace of five continents.