Rachel Reeves' favourite chess move is the Sicilian Defence. It's an opening move designed to open up the board for later in the game - and one the chancellor used often as a junior chess champion.
Gukesh blitzed out his next few moves as he looked for openings in the first stanza. While the evaluation bar seldom gave an advantage to the Indian teen during the opening game, Liren had already ...
Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China played out their fifth draw on the trot in the eighth game of the World Chess Championship ... Ding made his opening move, ‘c4’.