Canadian Zonal starts with a BANG!
Bareev loses in round 1
The BIG surprise of the first round was #1 seed, GM Bareev, losing to the talented youngster Joshua Doknjas (rated … Read the rest
Category: Canadian Chess Federation
Sunday Coffee
Sunday Coffee
Oktyabrina by Ivan Proskurin
Good morning, Sunday Coffee! The middle of the month of October (already!) and still the world has not stepped … Read the rest
Quotation of the day
Today’s Winning FIDE Quotation
” I know that I’m not the brightest person, but I feel that I’m not stupid enough to testify against FIDE … Read the rest
FIDE Ethics Committee impotent to act against Azmai’
Ethics Committee claims not aware of the facts!
In a decision that most spectators would conclude anti-climatic and bizarre at the very least, the FIDE … Read the rest
CFC publishes open letter to FIDE
A more Diplomatic approach
Having failed to impress acting FIDE president Makropoulos with CFC representative Hal Bond’s hardball letter of last week (which Makropoulos shrugged … Read the rest
FIDE absolves Tbilisi organizer
FIDE wants more Azmaiparashvili’s !
Darth Vader still haunts us! But could we have expected otherwise? FIDE just keeps on protecting it’s own. Responding to … Read the rest
Psychopathy in Tbilisi
The Bermudas Affair
How to explain irrational behaviour? The current FIDE Dress Code specifically (Reg.5) prohibits the clothing that World Cup organizer Azmaiparashvili was wearing … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Wednesday Coffee!
Good morning! Wednesday. Praise for the middle of the week! Chronically neglected and too often considered hopelessly boring, most people seem have the … Read the rest
CFC national appeals committee does nothing
Noritsyn given rectal massage by NAC
As expected. While I have met some extraordinarily competent arbiters in my experiences as a grandmaster, generally most arbiters … Read the rest
Sambuev wins Canadian Title
Sambuev edges out Noritsyn in blitz
Just a short note to congratulate Sambuev and Noritsyn for scoring 8 points from 9 games (each) and tieing … Read the rest
Peter Stockhausen’s death: Part II
August 20, 1948 to February 18, 2016,
68 years of age
Dear Kevin,
I’ve already told you that just before 7pm on Friday February 19, … Read the rest
More on P.Stockhausen’s death
August 20.1948–February 18, 2016
I understand that Stockhausen’s estranged wife (Karen) is preparing a statement and this will be later published here on this blog.
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Tuesday’s potpourri and other nonsense!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
PIGEON CHESS!
”PST! JOIN THE CFC TODAY!”
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This is the right attitude to have each time you
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SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
At times organized chess in Canada is closer to being and operating like a criminal enterprise than anything that is normally
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