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
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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
FIDE psychopath at large…
Kirsan psychopath SODOMIZES Anton’s ambition
Video, pictures and the un-edited truth about Georgia’s growing criminal profile in the FIDE World Cup later today…stay tuned! Why … Read the rest
Site on Stockhausen’s death
Karen, his wife, has opened up a site dedicated to her thoughts about Peter Stockhausen. It is an ongoing work designed to inform, elucidate and
… Read the restPeter Stockhausen’s death: Part II
August 20, 1948 to February 18, 2016,
68 years of age
Dear Kevin,
I’ve already told you that just before 7pm on Friday February 19, … Read the rest
Canadian Chess quote of the day
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
At times organized chess in Canada is closer to being and operating like a criminal enterprise than anything that is normally
… Read the rest Nathan Divinsky R.I.P
Dr. Divinsky (RIP)
Dr.Nathan Divinsky passed away this weekend at age 86. His passing marks the beginning of
… Read the rest More troubles with CFC ratings….
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You almost feel sorry for the CFC! After the restructuring of the CFC’s business model in 2007/8, the rating system became
… Read the rest Bullying, censorship and Chesstalk
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Over the past 3 years–when this blog first went online–I have covered on numerous occasions (more than a dozen times, if memory
… Read the rest One more failed national championship
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Alberta has organized 2 of the best-ever Canadian Opens in recent years (2005 and 2009) , having attracted famous players like
… Read the rest The CFC, ethics and the politics of corruption
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When news of the OCA scandal about the 120,000 dollars that went unaccounted for (originally a Trillium Foundation grant)
… Read the rest Tuesday bits
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A PHOTO IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS…
A very fashionable Yaren Arkan playing in the Girls U13 at the Turkish Youth
… Read the rest Rebellion at CYCC
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The Canadian Open got underway this weekend in Toronto. Close to 300 players including a handful of GMs and IMs braved
… Read the rest Week in review and other stuff
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GELFAND TO PLAY ANAND FOR WORLD TITLE IN 2012
By now everybody knows that Israel’s Boris Gelfand (age 43) defeated Russia’s Alexander
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