Myth Debunked: Is chess only for geniuses?

e4. e5. If those two moves make you feel like you’ve wandered into a Mensa meeting in your pyjamas, you’re not alone. Chess has spent centuries cultivating an aura of forbidding brilliance; a game for prodigies, grandmasters and people who appear to think in 10 dimensions while you’re still trying to remember which piece is...