A humble, gutsy, and classy champion. Can’t help but root for the guy. Sports need more classy people like Bubba Watson!Bubba Watson wins Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bubba Watson saved par from the pine straw and won the Masters...
Special wishes for Gelfand
Livnat Wishes Gelfand Well in World Chess Championship 4/8/2012, Nisan 16, 5772 Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat hosted Boris Gelfand, Sunday, a little more that a month before his matches against India’s Viswanathan Anand for the world chess...
GM Sandro Mareco convincing in Mar del Plata
GM Sandro Mareco convincing in Mar del Plata The 43rd Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament was held from 31st March to 7th April at the Centro Asturiano in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The legendary event is this year...
Very strong Russian Team Championship
SHSM-64 and Ekonomist with average ELO above 2700 in the Russian Team Chess Championship 2012 SHSM-64 and Ekonomist will be with average ELO above 2700 in the Russian Team Chess Championship 2012 that starts tommorow. For SHSM-64 the players...
Age-group meet draws 167 chessers
Age-group meet draws 167 chessers Sunday, 08 April, 2012Written by Manila Standard Today ONE-hundred-sixty-seven players from different provinces such as Cebu, Negros Occidental, Leyte and other areas as far as Zamboanga, Davao, Misamis Oriental, General Santos City and the...
Grandmasters make their moves for cup
Grandmasters make their moves for cup Lisa CoxApril 9, 2012 Twenty-year-old Junta Ikeda learnt to play chess about the same time he started to read and write. The Australian National University economics student is now ranked just outside the...
Brunei Campomanes Grandmaster Open 2012 round 1 and 2
Rounds 1 & 2 The first round started seemingly routine for the top seeds but after an hour of play it became obvious that getting the full point wasn’t going to be so simple for some. But as is...
Review of games from Neckar Open
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Better than ever
Better than everBy ANDY SOLTISLast Updated: 10:15 PM, April 7, 2012Posted: 8:21 PM, April 7, 2012 Several years ago, an Australian researcher, Robert W. Howard, studied how the chess ratings of top players escalated over decades — and he...
Young prodigy tackles chess championship
Young prodigy tackles chess championshipUpdated: Sat Apr. 07 2012 18:45:18Chris Gardner, ctvedmonton.ca A local child chess prodigy is providing some stiff competition at the Alberta championships in Edmonton this weekend. Richard Wang is only 13-years-old, but the complexity of...