GM So 1/2 GM Meier (game 4 | match tied 2-2) More pictures from the 28th NA Masters here. Group A GM Diamant 0-1 GM AmanovIM Young 1/2 MolnerGM Moradiabadi 1/2 IM GerzhoyGroup B GM Bykhovsky 0-1 IM FelecanIM...
Setting their sight on NATO forces
The Navy Is Afraid It’s Going To Get Its Butt Kicked In The World’s Oldest Game Of Military StrategyEloise Lee The Navy has a chess team. And they take this stuff very, very seriously. The service has its sights...
Question of the day: What are you thinking?
I have often seen players, from amateurs to grandmasters, spend 5-10 or sometimes 15 minutes (I have seen even worse case) to make the first move, then proceed to get into time pressure game after game. I can never...
A new idea to promote chess
Izvestia22 February 2012 “Chess is now promoted by museums and tourism” A contract has been signed to hold the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand at the Tretyakov Gallery. The prize fund of the match,...
Susan Polgar Foundation Nationwide Open for Girls and Boys
THE SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION’S NATIONWIDE OPEN FOR GIRLS & BOYS (K-12) A Fantastic Tournament in a Great Location! June 1 – 3, 2012(Friday – Sunday *** SAVE THE DATES!!) Holiday Inn Downtown Superdome330 Loyola Ave.New Orleans, LA 70112The Holiday...
Twenty Nordic Participants in Bangkok Chess Club Open 2012
Twenty Nordic Participants in Bangkok Chess Club Open 2012 14 March 2012 Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark will feature prominently in the Bangkok Chess Club Open 2012 to take place at the Dusit Thani Hotel Bangkok on 13 April...
28th NA Masters – round 7
Round 7 More pictures from the 28th NA Masters here. Hard fought round. After nearly 3 hours of play, games are still going strong. Group A IM Gerzhoy 1-0 GM DiamantGM Amanov 1/2 IM YoungIM Molner 1/2 GM MoradiabadiGroup...
Super Strong Kings Chess Tournament 2012
The Kings Chess Tournament 2012 will take place in Medias, Romania, from 23rd of June to 4th of July. It will include Viswanathan Anand, who would have just finished his World Chess Championship 2012 match with Gelfand. The world...
Queen among the Kings
Judit Polgar: Queen among the Kings Posted by Andrew J. Sacks on Mar 13th, 2012 When Vera Menchik dominated women’s chess in the late 1920s and through the ‘30s, she was thought to be almost a type of chess...
World Junior Championship 2014
WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 FIDE is calling for bids for the World Junior Chess Championships 2014 with a deadline of 1st June 2012. All bids should be submitted by the due date in sealed envelope or scanned documents...