Spanish Team Championship
Spanish Team-Ch underway
Considered one of Europe’s strongest team leagues, the Spanish team championships are taking place right now in Linares (14 to 20 August). … Read the rest
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2017 Riga Technical University Open
Ukrainians triumph in Riga
Congrats to Ukrainians gm Vladimir Onischuk and im Sergey Pavlov for winning the very strong Riga International with 7.5 points out … Read the rest
Chess: continuing problems of perception
Little hope for improvement in UK
Continuing with the theme of MSM’s deliberate and steady erosion of chess’ visibility and prestige, the above header was … Read the rest
Frenchman wins Sinquefield Cup!
Vachier LaGrave edges out competition
Congrats to France’s top GM, 26 year old Vachier LaGrave, for achieving his career’s best result (so far!) at … Read the rest
Aronian crushes So in Rd.6
Aronian demonstrates his magic to So
When the Armenian superstar has the White pieces and is at his best form, it seems as though no … Read the rest
Chess in Prison!
Chess behind Bars!
Following up on yesterday’s theme on chess’ declining prestige in MSM, and how we in the chess community continue to shoot … Read the rest
How the MSM likes to represent chess
Gross Indecency! Cheating! Murder!
Move over Sinquefield Cup! Wonderful today to see that chess is back in the MSM news! This time for ‘gross … Read the rest
Interview with WGM Vo Thi Kim
Confidence fundamental to Success!
Vietnamese chess star, Grandmaster Vo Thi Kim Phung, 24 years old, convincingly won the Women’s Asian Continental Championship in China … Read the rest
“Offensive and Derogatory”
Is this picture “offensive and derogatory”?
Muslims once again showing incredible intolerance! Famous Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has been ‘brutally attacked’ for posting the above … Read the rest
Wojtaszek wins Dortmund. Yawn…
Time to re-think Dortmund model !?
Yawn! What else can one say? Going into the final round of play yesterday at Dortmund’s traditional super-tournament, a … Read the rest
Portuguese Team_ch underway
2017 Portuguese T-ch
This year’s Portuguese Team Championship is being organized as part of the Leiria Chess Festival between July 17 and July 23. You … Read the rest
Andrew Paulson RIP
RIP
March 3, 1958 – July 18,2017
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“Andrew Paulson was born in 1958 in the United States. In 1981, … Read the rest
Tuesday Coffee
Tuesday Coffee
Good morning, Tuesday! We are well into week 29, with 167 days left until the first of January, 2018. This year’s summer playing … Read the rest
Monday Coffee
Monday Coffee
Good morning, Monday! China continues to astound us with its enormous potential for growth. Even in coffee…or should I say especially coffee! With … Read the rest
Kasparov returns: Monkeying around with the Media
Kasparov: More Fake News !?
I thought that I was the only one who found incomprehensible the ‘breaking news’ that Kasparov had decided to ‘officially’… Read the rest
Controversy at Canadian Zonal playoff
I suppose one can find numerous book-titles, Hollywood films and detective stories that play on theatrical parallels to what happened in the decisive game at … Read the rest
Sambuev wins Canadian Title
Sambuev edges out Noritsyn in blitz
Just a short note to congratulate Sambuev and Noritsyn for scoring 8 points from 9 games (each) and tieing … Read the rest
Lasker’s Immortal Simul…
No Way to Treat a Lady
“Choose your lady wisely. She represents you.”
Moosa Rahat
Emanuel Lasker may have had a reputation for being … Read the rest
Noritsyn enroute to take Canadian title
Canadian Championship Flops (again)
The 2017 Canadian Zonal in Montreal miscarried long before it even saw the light of day. Up to two weeks ago, … Read the rest
