Today’s Winning Lady in Red!
The one and only Caylee Cowan
This 22-year old beauty hails from Los Angeles and has already made a name for herself in Cinema. … Read the rest
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Figueira da Foz after 5 rounds
Lady Luck shines on Karen!
There are strong players, and then there are strong players who are also lucky. The Armenian grandmaster Karen Grigoryan is … Read the rest
Covid-19: Is it over-politicized?
Saving Science from Hysteria
The Great Barrington Declaration is the lone voice of reason in an increasingly politicized world. (LINK1) (LINK2) … Read the rest
2020 Festival Figueira da Foz
Portuguese tradition braves pandemic!
Congratulations to Miguel Babo and the Figueira da Foz chess community! Officially known as the 14th Festival Internacional de Xadrez da … Read the rest
Sunday’s Winning 5-second Tactics
Tactics!
How are you today? For some players, most things comes easy. For others, they have to work at it. But when it comes to … Read the rest
Instructive & entertaining miniatures from Sochi
When things start to go wrong…
The recently finished tournament in Sochi (Russian Higher League Championship) featured some really excellent fighting chess. But not everything … Read the rest
Today’s Inspiration
DJ–Coffee
Everybody loves coffee, and this TikTok video is absolutely brilliant! Enjoy!… Read the rest
Coffee, Covid,FIDE & other Nonsense
Monday October 19, 2020. A date to remember. Much — if not all — of Europe is on the brink of a second politically-imposed lockdown … Read the rest
Today’s ‘bloody’ chess video!
How many people can die during a chess game?
You would be surprised how many people can be killed in just 3 minutes…Written and
… Read the restRaimundo Garcia RIP
27 May 1936 – 13 October 2020
At age 84 on Wednesday, in his native Buenos Aires, IM Raimundo Garcia quietly passed away. Active until … Read the rest
Carlsen leads Altibox Tournament
Tari gets valuable lesson from Carlsen
Every defeat can be an opportunity to learn something new. Yesterday, in round 8, World Champion Magnus Carlsen gave … Read the rest
The problem with chess & ads
What is wrong here?
I love all chess ads! Here we can see Stanislav Cherchesov (Head Coach of Russian Football Team) and team members dressed … Read the rest
Carlsen loses 1st game this year!
Despite the worsening Covid-19 statistics, otb tournaments continue to be held. The Norwegian ‘Altibox‘ and the Russian ‘Higher League‘ are both … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Look!
“Style is the answer to everything.”
So wrote Charles Bukowski, and he might have well been referring to the stunning English model Anastasia Harris (b.31.12.1989).… Read the rest
Coffee, Carlsen-IPO, Rausis and Covid_19
October 12, 2020
How are you today? This Monday is not your usual run of the mill Monday! This week is CRITICAL! In a lot … Read the rest
