White to move and mate in 5.
Visiting Facebook Campus at Menlo Park, CA – Introduction to Instagram
I had a chance to receive a private tour at Facebook Campus in Menlo Park, CA today. I was very impressed with their operation. While I was there, they helped me combine all my Facebook accounts into one www.facebook.com/susanpolgarchess....
FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2016
The closing ceremony of the FIDE World Youth U16 Olympiad 2016 took place on July 29th at 4pm in Poprad Arena. 40 countries with 54 teams competed for the gold, silver and bronze medals, trophies and other prizes. After...
Essays by some of the participants of 2016 SPFGI – A must read!
Essay by Alice Dong, the 2nd time champion of SPF Girls’ Invitational. (She wrote this yesterday before knowing that she had a chance to win) After playing chess for maybe a year in the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, I...
Simul fears?
What grandmasters fear most – in simuls (1) 7/31/2016 – Your best chance to draw or win against a grandmaster is to play one in a simultaneous exhibition. In part one of this article by WIM Dr Alexey Root,...
Dissatisfaction with Botswana Federation Financial Report
Botswana: BCF Affliates Call for Another Report By Portia Ikgopoleng Gaborone — Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) affiliates have summoned the federation executive committee to resubmit a financial breakdown for the 2015 financial year. Affiliates expressed their dissatisfaction with the...
Ivan Rozum clear first in Primorskiy Debut 2016
The 2016 Primorskiy Debut open tournament, a stage of the Russian Cup, was held from 21-29th July in Vladivostok, Russia. 50 players took participating in the 9-round Swiss event, including seven Grandmasters in the field. Grandmaster Ivan Rozum from...
Paul Littlewood passing on experience
1981 British chess champion Paul Littlewood passes on experience with simul against 13 pupils at Letchworth’s Fearnhill School 08:21 02 August 2016 JP Asher Paul Littlewood, an international chess master and UK champ for 1981, was invited by cover...
Hanamkonda boy set to make waves
Hanamkonda boy set to create riples in chess world HYDERABAD, August 2, 2016 Erigaisi Arjun, a Class VIII student, qualifies for World Youth Chess championship, and the Asian championship For Erigaisi Arjun, the eighth standard student of Shine High...
Checkmating blindness through chess
Checkmating blindness in Ahmedabad, creating winners Parth Shastri | TNN | Aug 1, 2016, 09.57 AM IST AHMEDABAD: When Rajesh Rajput, 46, coaches 11-year old Swara Shah from the city in Chess moves, the chess set they use is...