Sunday Coffee
Take it easy…
How are you today? Great, I trust! Here where I live — in the mountains — (Guarda, Portugal) the weather is still … Read the rest
Category: FIDE
A pic is worth a 1,000 words
Irony in Moscow !?
IRONY:
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing … Read the rest
When Chess & Politics mix: The Israeli Boycott
Part II: FIDE hypocrisy?
When the young Iranian star grandmaster, Alireza Firouzja, refused to play against an Israeli player at the Grenke Open in … Read the rest
Interesting article in today’s FT
Intrigue, Fiction, & a few Facts thrown in
It is always entertaining to see how a non-chessplayer journalist writes about FIDE politics and the chess … Read the rest
Friday Coffee
How are you today? Time relentlessly rolls on…yesterday it seemed as though winter was still with us, but infact we are already well into spring. … Read the rest
Skopje Rd_1. Nerves rule the day!
Quick 1-Minute Summary
Round 1 was played today and there were some real surprises! A number of much higher rated players went down in flames … Read the rest
Coffee, St.Patrick’s Day and Inspiration
Sunday Coffee & Smokes
You know, sometimes Sunday feels like the day after. Especially when this Saturday night falls on the eve of St.Patrick’s … Read the rest
Wang Hao wins HD_Bank Tournament
Dvorkovich attends closing ceremony
Congratulations to the chinese superstar Wang Hao for finishing clear first in this year’s HB_Bank International. Wang scored 7.5 points from … Read the rest
1st Quarter Presidential Board Meeting
Continuing to Struggle with Transparency
There is a difference between being transparent and being invisible, and I think that Dvorkovich’s FIDE has not yet perceived … Read the rest
Fantastic Interview with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov!
Kirsan Unplugged
Ex-FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov recently granted an indepth interview to journalist Dmitry Sokolov, and today it was published on Kirsan’s blog in its … Read the rest
FIDE in Crisis?!
Is FIDE burning?
When Arkady Dvorkovich became the new FIDE president in October of last year, everyone (or almost everyone) felt confident for FIDE’s immediate … Read the rest
Friday Coffee, FIDE & Potpourri
Dark Coffee
How are you today? In preparing material for today’s ‘Coffee’ blog I reviewed some of the latest (boring) news, (boring) scientific studies and … Read the rest
St.Petersburg Blitz & Rapid; UNPLUGGED
Dvorkovich: ‘out-sourcing’ discrimination?
Did FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich conspire not only to subvert FIDE’s anti-discrimination statutes (1.2) but also the IOC Charter’s sacred ‘Principle 6’? … Read the rest
Tidbits from St.Petersburg
Quick 1-Minute Summary
He can’t win them all! Carlsen’s first words, when the 3-day championship came to an end, mask his obvious disappointment.
Losing two … Read the rest
Tuesday Coffee
How are you today? The year might see its end fast approaching, but chess activity seems to be as strong as ever! … Read the rest
