Improving in the time of Covid
The Need to Strike a Balance
Last week I wrote of the advice by former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik on how young players today should … Read the rest
Tagged: Vladimir Kramnik
What’s on your mind?
Straight Talking Guys
Yesterday excerpts of a recent interview of Vladimir Kramnik by the Russian magazine Sport-Express were published on Chess-News.ru. The former World Champion … Read the rest
From the Archives….
Kasparov in 2011:
Cheating, Faster time controls & Elitism
It was the spring of 2011. Kasparov had just finished a rapid visit to the playing … Read the rest
The Coronavirus Diaries
Has Dvorkovich no Shame?
The latest in a series of public relations stunts by the Dvorkovich leadership. Yesterday the FIDE Czar announced quite possibly the … Read the rest
The Coronavirus Diaries
PRIORITIES
Our number one priority is to stay as healthy as we can for as long as we can. After that comes our resolve to … Read the rest
Kramnik distances himself from Dvorkovich/Covid-19
Attack of Conscience?
Vladimir Kramnik, former World Champion, has saved the reputation of the chess community proving that not all elite chess players are motherless … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
The Politics of Discarding the Rules of Chess
When the Spanish priest Ruy Lopez published in 1561 his LIBRO DE LA INVENCION LIBERAL Y ARTE … Read the rest
Carlsen wins TATA for the 7th time
Quick 1-Minute Summary
Carlsen’s tournament record is the perfect definition of boring: repetitive, the “same old thing”, “once again”, “nothing different”, etc. In any other … Read the rest
