JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Yes, it's going to be a lonely Christmas... but the gift I've given myself will make sure I'm still having a ball

As I write on Christmas morning, the floor of my office is festooned with wrapping paper. Yes, I have opened my pressies.

This Sacramento ping-pong consultant worked on Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’

Marty Supreme,” which opens Christmas Eve in theaters nationwide, could be one of 2025’s top films. A Sac State professor ...

Gukesh’s crisis just the nature of the game: Anand

Anand has seen the chess evolution from close quarters. Ever since his breakthrough in the 1980s, he has remained a leading ...

GCL 2025: Anish Giri's SG Pipers loses in final group-stage match, but still qualifies for finale against Continental Kings

SG Pipers have booked their place in the final of the Global Chess League (GCL), where they will face defending champions and ...
The Jewish Chronicle

Ping! How Jews turned the table on the game Howard Jacobson calls chess in shorts

Next week sees the the release of the film Marty Supreme inspired by a world-famous Jewish ping pong player. We look back on at the sport’s very Yiddishe history ...