Russia to challenge WADA ban at CAS
Yury Ganus fears the worse
While it was expected that Russia would challenge the WADA 4-year ban of its athletes at the Court of Arbitration … Read the rest
Category: FIDE
Monday, Nepo, Coffee & Potpourri
Monday Coffee
How are you today? Xmas in just a couple of days and the end the year not long afterwards…I don’t know about you … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
From the November 1968 ChessReview magazine, which I suppose correctly sums up the then prevailing attitude of 50-ish year old chess playing males towards women … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
The Politics of Discarding the Rules of Chess
When the Spanish priest Ruy Lopez published in 1561 his LIBRO DE LA INVENCION LIBERAL Y ARTE … Read the rest
Dvorkovich comments on WADA decision
FIDE Cautiously Optimistic about 2020 Plans
As predicted, WADA earlier on Monday voted unanimously to suspend the Russian sports movement for 4 years. It was … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Gender Benders
The sixties were a time of much social upheaval in America and Europe. The traditional role of women in the work place was … Read the rest
FIDE in Meltdown Mode?
What if WADA is just the Beginning?
If WADA gets its way — and it is looking very much like that — then a devastating … Read the rest
Cracks appearing in Dvorkovich’s FIDE ?
FIDE Czar Arkady I
Arguably the most autocratic FIDE president ever, Arkady Dvorkovich seems to have run up against some unexpected resistance in his efforts … Read the rest
Another Political Boycott of Israel
FIDE Finally Set to Act?
Another Iranian chess player has preferred to forfeit his game rather than play with an Israeli chess player. This … Read the rest
Coffee, Fun, Sex and More Insights into FIDE
Coffee Confidential
She is gorgeous, isn’t she! Marianne Fonseca. Brazilian born (December 1989) supermodel, belly button and all. But today we will try to … Read the rest
A Blast from the Past: FIDE 2010 Election
Selling FIDE’s Soul…
The more things change, the more they remain the same! This article was originally published on August 10, 2010 at the height … Read the rest
Bareev, FIDE & Potpourri
The Typical Chess Story!?
The middle of the week already and several important FIDE events have got underway. Yesterday the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia … Read the rest
The Chess World in 1969
50 Years Ago
Memories. In the summer of 1969, though I was not yet a tournament player — I had discovered the chess world only … Read the rest
Laugh of the Day!
A pic is worth a 1,000 words
A hilarious photo posted today on Nigel Short’s twitter. On the right we can see Nigel – with … Read the rest
Truth or Consequences
Miracles, Magic and FIDE’s Fair Play Committee
Several weeks after the photo of Grandmaster Igor Rausis sitting in a washroom stall using a cellphone during … Read the rest
