Big Brother threatens me!?
Yuri Garrett Completey Out of Control!
It has been a particularly difficult week for FIDE ‘Fair Play’ committee member Yuri Garrett. After he published incriminating … Read the rest
Category: FIDE
FIDE’s Winning Lady in Red
“Today was a Great Day for Chess”
So wrote Yuri Garrett, of FIDE’s “Fair Play” Commission when a similar photo to that of the young … Read the rest
Coffee, FIDE & Potpourri
Saturday Coffee
Have you ever noticed the number of gloomy ‘studies’ on coffee consumption that are in newspapers and online? They almost jump out at … Read the rest
On Faster Time Controls & Dumbing Down Chess
Where is the dignity?
The constant tinkering with time controls by tournament organizers and FIDE officials is ruining our game. As Grandmaster Alexander Colovic is … Read the rest
Women’s Candidates Tournament
Endgame Intimacies
Rook and Pawn endgames can be a real BITCH! Especially the double-Rook variety. We all take for granted that no grandmaster should lose … Read the rest
Time controls, Frank Marshall and Nuremberg 1906
Timeless
While there is still debate today about the optimum time-control for official FIDE chess tournaments and matches, we take it for granted that there … Read the rest
The Path of Least Resistance…
How FIDE has Made Winning Easier!
I was going to write a short blurb about Ian Nepomnatchi’s victory in the Moscow Grand Prix yesterday and … Read the rest
When Chess & Politics mix: The Israeli Boycott
Part III: ECU plays the ‘hate’ card
On the 23rd of March of this year the ECU (European Chess Union) held an extraordinary meeting in … Read the rest
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
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
