A dramatic blunder sealed a match between Indian and Chinese chess champions that has highlighted the resurgent popularity of the ancient game.
- Assistant Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Stereotype threat is where minorities underperform solely because they’re aware of a stereotype that people of their group do worse.
Chess in Australia during the 1960s, the period of The Queen’s Gambit, was a far cry from the popularity of the game in the US. It was hard to get chess learning materials or travel to tournaments.
Pauline Hanson’s idea to reduce cane toad numbers is fundamentally flawed, both in economic theory and in practice.
Deaths of chess players led to alarm the game could cause fatal stress. Some researchers have tested that theory.
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