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
Category: News
Dominguez Leads Dortmund
Dominguez unforgiving against Nepo’
When Lenier Dominguez decided to jump ship and change his federation from Cuba to the US, he was forced to stop … Read the rest
Iturrizaga Wins American Continental!
Quick 1-Minute Summary
Congratulations to Venezuelan grandmaster Eduardo Iturrizaga for winning the strong American Continental (held in irresistible São Paulo) with 8.5 points from 11 … 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
Aronian defeats Karjakin’s Berlin
Battle of Berlin continues in Zagreb
The Zagreb leg of Rex Sinquefield’s ‘Grand Chess Tour’ is proving to be the most exciting of the events … Read the rest
Smirin crushes Svidler in Rd.7
Svidler’s CaroKann Demolished
Round 7 saw Ilya Smirin dismantle Peter Svidler’s CaroKann in fine style, allowing the Israeli grandmaster to come within half a point … Read the rest
Platja D’Aro Summer Festival
Quick 1-Minute Summary
The ever popular Catalan Chess Circuit kicked off at Platja D’Aro on the 24th and continues until Monday, July 1. This year … Read the rest
10th Dolomiti Open underway!
Quick 1-minute Summary
The 10th edition of the annual Dolomiti Open got underway over the weekend in Forni di Sopra, and will continue until the … Read the rest
Moscow Grand Prix Finals begins today!
All Russian Final!
Team mates Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Nepo’ to friends) face off today in Moscow to decide the first Grand … Read the rest
Grischuk outplays Nakamura
Advances to Moscow finals
The Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk is a happy man this evening as he assured himself a spot in the finals of … Read the rest
Chess & Sexism
Excellent example of sexism in chess
Our english chess media rarely reports on the ugly side of sexism in chess, preferring instead to deflect focus … Read the rest
Coffee, Kirsan, Carlsen & YouTube viewer fraud
How are you today? Are you getting enough coffee? I know that sounds a bit meddling — and some might consider it almost as intrusive … Read the rest
Armenian Gov to sponsor Aronian
$133,000 to prepare for World Cup
It must be nice to be Levon Aronian. Superstar in his native Armenia, adored by millions, recognized where ever … Read the rest
Paraguayan women reign supreme at Zonal!
Finish ahead of powerful Argentine Armada
Congratulations to wfm Gabriela Vargas and wim Jennifer Perez Rodriguez for … Read the rest
Canadian Zonal starts with a BANG!
Bareev loses in round 1
The BIG surprise of the first round was #1 seed, GM Bareev, losing to the talented youngster Joshua Doknjas (rated … Read the rest
