Bauer dominates Vandoeuvre International Open
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Congratulations to Christian Bauer for winning the Vandoeuvre Open with a blazing 8 points from 9 games! Unlike most grandmasters who like … Read the rest
spraggettonchess Blog
Today’s funny chess-commercial!
Chess & The New York Lottery
This is hilarious! Two men are playing chess in the park, numerous attentive spectators, and just as the old … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Russian Tail!
Regaining Innocence
“Maturity is the moment one regains one’s innocence.” – Marty Ruben. The stunning Sasha Kharitonov (also known as Sasha Markina). Website. FaceBook… Read the rest
15th Vandoeuvre Open /r7
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This year a total of 100 players are participating in the top section (elo>1900), including 6 GM’s, 13 IM’s and 25 M’s. … Read the rest
2019 Bay Area International /r5
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After 5 rounds of this strong 9 round Open not less than 10 players (!) are tied for first with 4 points. … Read the rest
Friday Coffee!
First Coffee of the Year!
How are you today? Suddenly the year 2018 has become history and a completely new year is now upon us. … 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
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
Bay Area International 2019
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One of North America’s strongest Open tournaments is taking place in San Francisco between the 1st and 7th of January. A total … Read the rest
Ode to Alcoholic Authors
In Praise of Alcohol and Great Authors…
I am reminded of Hemingway’s advice to wanna-be writers that all one has to do is sit in … Read the rest
Happy New Year!
How the Dutch celebrate New Year’s Eve
I want to thank one of my Dutch fans, Henk, for pointing me to this GREAT video on … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Girl Next Door!
Going Without…
“I know I’m going to love you without questions, I know I’m going to love you without answers”. — Mario Benedetti (1920 … Read the rest
Grigoryan crushes field at Lorca Tournament
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Congrats to Karen Grigoryan for crushing the field at the traditional Lorca International Festival. A whopping 8 … Read the rest
Russian-Saudi event: Khashoggi body parts still unknown
Carlsen and Lagno triumph in Championship
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on defending his World Blitz title, as well as to Kateryna Lagno for winning … Read the rest
How good are your tactics?
Year end 5-sec tactics!
How are you today? To celebrate the end of 2018 I present some dozen (12) examples of tactical skill from recent … Read the rest
