A blast from the past!
Vintage Canada
I recently got hold of some old ChessReview magazines and spent hours flipping thru them…which is what I love to do when I … Read the rest
Category: Canadian Chess
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
Canadian Chess News
ChessBrah Eric Hansen returns to chess!
Happy to see that Eric Hansen, founder of the successful ChessBrah brand name, is slated to play in a … Read the rest
Today’s winning ‘Blast from the Past!’
Todays winning ‘Blast from the Past!’
It was Saturday May 17, 1975. First round of the very strong Vancouver Open saw legendary grandmaster Paul Keres… Read the rest
Sunday’s winning 5-sec tactics!
Sunday’s Winning 5-sec Tactics
The following tactical exercises are chosen from the 2017 World Junior Championships that came to a finish in Tarvisi Italy … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Good morning, Wednesday! The last Wednesday of October (why does this sound like a broken record?! ) and Donald Trump has still not dropped … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Wednesday Coffee
Good morning, Wednesday Coffee! There is a lull in chess activity at the top and so this week FIDE–politics will attract more interest … Read the rest
Monday, potpourri, nonsense, chess and who needs more?
Monday chess, potpourri, nonsense and Trump
Good morning Monday! This week I am going to try to catch up on my ‘normal’ blogging contributions, and … Read the rest
Sunday Coffee
Sunday Coffee
Oktyabrina by Ivan Proskurin
Good morning, Sunday Coffee! The middle of the month of October (already!) and still the world has not stepped … Read the rest
Quotation of the day
Today’s Winning FIDE Quotation
” I know that I’m not the brightest person, but I feel that I’m not stupid enough to testify against FIDE … Read the rest
FIDE Ethics Committee impotent to act against Azmai’
Ethics Committee claims not aware of the facts!
In a decision that most spectators would conclude anti-climatic and bizarre at the very least, the FIDE … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Wednesday Coffee
(Photo: Anja Rubik by Terry Richardson for Paris Vogue) Good morning, Wednesday! What a week so far! Spain is close to civil war … Read the rest
CFC publishes open letter to FIDE
A more Diplomatic approach
Having failed to impress acting FIDE president Makropoulos with CFC representative Hal Bond’s hardball letter of last week (which Makropoulos shrugged … Read the rest
FIDE absolves Tbilisi organizer
FIDE wants more Azmaiparashvili’s !
Darth Vader still haunts us! But could we have expected otherwise? FIDE just keeps on protecting it’s own. Responding to … Read the rest
Anton Kovalyov advances to 3rd round
Texas University student advances to 3rd round
Former world champion Vishy Anand has exited the World Cup in Tbilisi in round 2 after his stunning … Read the rest
