41st Rilton Cup – Round Eight The Stockholm Chess Federation organizes the 41st Rilton Cup from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012. This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000...
37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla
37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla The 37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla is set to take place from 7th to 15th January in Sevilla, Spain. This year’s tournament is dedicated to the memory of José Félix Domínguez Corrales....
Lenier fell in the semifinals of San Sebastian
Lenier fell in the semifinals of San Sebastian01 / 05 / 2012 Ended the advance of Lenier Dominguez Chess Festival in San Sebastian after losing in the semifinals with the Ukrainian Andrei Volokitin. Dominguez could not take advantage of...
Chess in schools is a winning move
The Queen’s Gambit: Chess in schools is a winning moveVenky Vembu Jan 5, 2012 Offering ‘instant punditry’ — in the way that journalists are often required to do — is a bit like playing ‘speed chess’, the rapidfire version...
Lay off our chess games!
Union chief defends MTA workers playing chess on jobBy JENNIFER FERMINOTransit ReporterPosted: 12:27 AM, January 4, 2012 Hey, lay off our board games! The TWU’s chief said yesterday there’s a fat chance that the rule that allows dozens of...
Ivanchuk lost his will to fight
By Augusto Caruso – Martha Fierro (Accademia Internazionale di Scacchi )Pictures by Martha Fierro Vassily Ivanchuk is unrecognizable! His will to fight is gone and his opponents have realized it. After his the games he lost against Nakamura, Giri...
A Simple Gift: chess books
A Simple Gift: chess books from Lisa Suhay on Vimeo. Our Norfolk Initiative for Chess Excellence (NICE) group teaches kids to play chess and develop Life strategies. Tonight one of the children asked for a chess book that I...