China wins World Team Championship!
BREAKING NEWS!
China wins World Team Championship
Congratulations to China’s national team for winning the World Team Championship today! China defeated Poland by a score … Read the rest
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China takes lead at World Team Ch
China beats Russia in round 7
Excitement at the World Team Championship in Khanty_Mansiysk as top-rated China narrowly defeated Russia in round 7 to take … Read the rest
Can anybody CONFIRM the death of Z.Sarosy?
Confirmation of death of Zoltan Sarosy?
Come on, Canadian chess community! You can do better than this! Earlier this week it was reported on a … Read the rest
Colombia Continental Championship
Disappointment for Canadian fans in Medellin
Lots of excitement in Medellin this past weekend as the final rounds of the Continental Championship were played. Six … Read the rest
Everyone has the RIGHT to have a BAD tournament!
Crashing and Burning in Norway Chess
Norway Chess 2017 will likely go down in history for both the World Champion (Carlsen) and vice-World Champion (Karjakin) … Read the rest
Three rounds to go in Colombia super-open
Medellin heats up!
Up to 1993 Medellin was best known for Pablo Escobar and his notorious cocaine cartel. More recently Medellin’s Sandra Valencia (above; born … Read the rest
Colombia: standings after 6 rounds
Half-way point reached!
Medellin! The 6th round of the 12th Continental Championship has just finished. Half way point of the 11 round tournament and Canadian … Read the rest
American Continental underway in Medellin!
No joking around in Medellin!
Much of the elite of the American chess community is trying to finesse each other in Medellin this week as … Read the rest
Today’s Chess Images
Chess Today in Images!
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I present some images of what is happening in the chess world vis … Read the rest
Chess and Sex in the News
Chess apps and Sex with Minors!
We keep complaining that MSM doesn’t carry enough chess news in its usual daily repetoire, or that when chess … Read the rest
Wednesday chess round up
Wednesday: Chess Tidbits and Potpourri
(Photo by David Llada) Lots of chess in play right now! Congrats to Indian GM Sasikiran for winning the … Read the rest
European Individual Championship
2017 Championship of Europe
(Part I)
Without a doubt the strongest open tournament of its kind in the world, the European Individual Chess Championship also … Read the rest
Stefano Tatai RIP
12-time Champion of Italy
23 March 1938 – 29 May 2017
One of the few true ‘gentleman’ players in the world of chess, IM Stefano … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee, potpourri and other nonsense
Wednesday Coffee
Good morning, Wednesday! Here we are, once more, meeting over a cup of hot coffee! One of my favourite things, regardless of the … Read the rest
Viktor Kupreichik RIP July,3 1949 to May 22, 2017
Uncompromising ‘Master of Attack’ dies at age 67
FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title at age 30 (1980) but Kupreichik could have achieved it much … Read the rest
Key tournaments ending this weekend
Hao, Vo and Bu win in China!
Wang Hao won on tiebreak over Bu
Vietnamese Vo Kim clear first with 7.5
Bu Xiangzhi. What went Some games from the Asian Continental in China
Championship comes to end tomorrow!
The Asian Continental Championships come to an end Saturday in Chendu,China. Everything is still up for grabs. As mentioned before, … Read the rest
Today’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning with style and elegance!
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever” – John Keats (1795 – 1821)
What follows is all from games … Read the rest
Moscow GP: AGON killing public interest
Chess has to be sexed-up! But how…?
Don’t think too hard about it!
The irony of it all is that AGON’s Ilya Merenzon says that … Read the rest
