On Monday 9th October, a chess tournament celebrated a schools program in Castlemaine, Victoria Australia. Castlemaine, a picturesque country town 120kms north of Melbourne, has a wonderful history being the origin of Australia’s Gold Rush of the 1850’s. Heritage...
The Super Elite Club
Kasparov, Topalov, Kramnik and Anand are the only 4 players in history to break the 2800 mark. All 4 players have held the World Champion title but only 2 can claim the #1 ranking. How do you rank these...
Offense vs. Defense
Topalov tried a number of novelties in his match against Kramnik. Some of the novelties worked out and some did not have any effect whatsoever. Some fans suggested that he should have tried 1.e4. Some suggested different 1.d4 openings....
Your own fantasy super tournament
If you have a chance to invite any 10 active players (male of female) to compete in a super round robin event, who would be the 10 players you invite and why? You could use any criteria such as...
Cool caricatures
I just discovered these caricatures while browsing through the Internet tonight. These were done by an artist name Ismael Roldan. He has hundreds of these caricatures in the categories of Literature and Fine Arts, Business, Politics, Sports, Movies, Television,...
How the skills of chess keep pupils in check
Artwork by Mike Magnan How the skills of chess keep pupils in checkGRAEME SMITHOctober 19 2006 The world’s oldest game of skill is being used to teach tricks to a new generation of young people. Chess, whether it was...
2006 FIDE World Youth Championship in Batumi, Georgia
Our friends from MonRoi are sending pictures from Batumi, Georgia, where the 2006 FIDE World Youth is taking place from October 18-29, 2006. The Chief Arbiter is the highly experienced WGM Nana Alexandria of Georgia, former runner-up of a...