I just received a request for assistance from the Braille Chess Community to locate special chess clocks that can be used by the blind and visually impaired players. If you have any information about the existence of such clocks...
The Great Migration by Boris Gulko
The Great Migration By Boris Gulko and Gabriel Schoenfeld American chess is spreading from the rimland to the heartland. The driving force in this tectonic shift is Susan Polgar, the oldest of the three famous chessplaying sisters. Polgar is...
From the Press Conference in Bangalore, India
At the National Geographic India Press Conference (on 11/28) in Bangalore with Rajesh Sheshadri (Nat Geo Channel India Senior Vice President) and (shaking hands with) Tathagat (who completed high school by the age of 9, bachelors by 10 and...
World Cup Round 3 Pairings
Here are the pairings for the next round of the knockout World Cup (in red are my top 5 most intriguing matchups): Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nisipeanu, Liviu-DieterMamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Cheparinov, IvanSvidler, Peter – Rublevsky, SergeiAronian, Levon – Inarkiev, ErnestoShirov,...
Judit Polgar: A flashback
Youngest Grandmaster Ever Is 15, Ferocious (and Female)By ROBERT D. MCFADDENPublished: February 4, 1992 The New York Times In the rarefied competition of world-class chess, where ego is king and thestress of international tournament and championship play is often...
An incredible media blitz in India
National Geographic in India has pulled out all their resources to promote the National Geographic documentary “My Brilliant Brain“. I am amazed of how popular it is here. CNN India aired 3 times about the show. There are billboards...
Kramnik wins chess oscar, Topalov 2nd
Rank Player Country Points 1st place votes 1 Vladimir Kramnik Russia 3636 2042 Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 2828 443 Viswanathan Anand India 2754 414 Levon Aronian Armenia 2238 155 Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 1122 5 Here is the official website: http://oscar.fide.com/Here...
Next time it will be a criminal case!
Garry Kasparov freed from jail MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Chess genius Garry Kasparov, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most celebrated foes and co-leader of an alliance of Russian opposition groups, was released from a Moscow jail Thursday after serving...
Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Ponomariov moved on
Here are the results of the World Cup rapid playoff: Ivanchuk 2.5 – 1.5 GalkinCarlsen 3 – 1 NaiditschPonomariov 2.5 – 1.5 Wang, HaoWang, Yue 2.5 – 1.5 TiviakovBu 3.5 – 2.5 MotylevMalakhov 2.5 – 1.5 VolkovK. Georgiev 4-3...