Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Draws & Tie-breaks
(Why have things got so out of hand?)
If there is one thing that modern chess players lament more than the draw, … Read the rest
Tagged: Campomanes
A Blast from the Past: FIDE 2010 Election
Selling FIDE’s Soul…
The more things change, the more they remain the same! This article was originally published on August 10, 2010 at the height … 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
Another Bobby Fischer Story
“The Women Who Played Bobby Fischer”
“Fischer, one of the greatest chess players of all time, agreed to matches before the Philippine team flew to … Read the rest
D-day for FIDE…
Someone will celebrate this evening. But who?
I have written enough of the 2018 FIDE election campaign here on this blog for my liking, and … Read the rest
More Campomanes stories
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Admired, respected, loved and (sometimes) hated…a person of contradictions and yet a legend of our times, Florencio Campomanes died earlier this month
… Read the rest Baguio: everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask
Baguio City
A chess player’s idea of heaven!
The big news this past week was the passing of legendary chess-politico Florencio Campomanes, at the age
… Read the rest Campomanes (Feb 22,1927 – May 3, 2010) R.I.P.
The man called ‘Campo’.
RIP 1932 – 2010
Perhaps the most enigmatic personality of modern chess, Philippine born Florencio Campomanes died peacefully earlier today in
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