The Crystal Palace forward recently took time out of FA Cup final preparations to win a chess tournament. So is he any good?

e4) Kicking off the chess match by marching your king's trusty pawn forward two squares on move one (1. e4) is a go-to ...

In chess as in life, people use memory as a shortcut for decision-making. That strategy can backfire when the present doesn’t resemblance the past.