Coffee, Death, FIDE and other Nonsense!
Black Coffee: Always Steamy
How are you today? It has been a while since I wrote my last ‘coffee’ blog and a lot of material … Read the rest
Category: FIDE
Women’s GP Finals in Gibraltar!
The No-Flag Mystery
Congratulations to Stuart Conquest and the entire Gibraltar chess and business community for organizing the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Finals after numerous … Read the rest
WADA to insist on no Russian flag
Nepo’ not allowed to play with Russian flag
When Ian Nepomniachtchi sits down to play Magnus Carlsen in Dubai for the World Chess Championship, there … Read the rest
Nepo’ wins Candidates Tournament
FIDE “Tournament of Shame” comes to end
Congratulations to Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi for narrowly edging out his rivals and earning the right to … Read the rest
Spanish player honored by King and Queen
Queen Sofia Award for Fair Play
In December 2017 Spanish Woman Champion Sabrina Vega boycotted FIDE’s World Blitz and Rapid Championships held in Saudi Arabia. … Read the rest
Coffee, WADA, FIDE and related Nonsense
Tata Steel a Big Success!
Congratulations to the organizers of this year’s Tata Steel (Wijk Aan Zee) tournament! It was definitely a challenge given the … Read the rest
Coffee, Politics and FIDE
Some Biden supporters have written that Washington throws out the trash today. That may be, but Obama 2.0 will probably not be any better and … Read the rest
Russian Sports Suspended for 2 Years!
Tough Days Ahead for Russian-controlled FIDE
The axe fell today on the Russian sports world. CAS decided to support WADA’s 2019 decision to ban all … 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
Candidates Tournament Postponed (Again)?
BREAKING NEWS!
Finally, one of the players has said that enough is enough! It is widely reported on the internet today that Chinese superstar Wang … Read the rest
Today’s Insight into the meaning of LIFE
Candidates Tournament Part 2 ?
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” –Woody Allen. As an aside, you … Read the rest
Chess world condemns FIDE decision
Dvorkovich/Sutovsky to step down this week?
How could FIDE get this so wrong? This morning I spent the first hour pouring thru hundreds of FaceBook … Read the rest
Scandal in Online Olympiad!
ChessCom fails Fair-Play test!?
News just in. The Armenian team refused to play the second part of today’s match against India in protest. Apparently one … Read the rest
‘No’ to digital anti-cheating methodologies …
GM Gleizerov speaks out
How to best catch a cheat? For more than a decade two different anti-cheating methodologies have been proposed: digital algorithms vs … Read the rest
Cheating & FIDE. Complicity. (Part I)
A Cheating Coverup?
This past week has witnessed an explosion of stories of top women players cheating in both online and over the board tournaments. … Read the rest
