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World Championship Commentary
I will be very busy in the next few weeks with the transition from Texas to Webster University in St. Louis. However, I will try to do my best to provide some commentary for the Anand – Gelfand World...
It’s Hammer time!
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, participant of the 2009 SPICE Cup A group, and #2 ranked Norwegian (only behind Magnus Carlsen), now has his own blog! Very cool! Here is a sample of his latest post: Winning!August 6, 2010by Jon...
Blogger went down
Google Blogger went down since late last night. Therefore, I was not able to do any update. I hope that it is back to normal now and I have made a bunch of updates so far. Thanks for your...
Magnus blogs from London
London 2009 Round 1, December 8th The game against Kramnik today was quite important as we’re ranked one and two in this tournament. A couple of hundred spectators followed the games in the auditorium. I played 1.c4 and the...
Modern Technology
I’m amazed by how chess players keep in touch with each other today through Facebook, Twitter, and Blog, etc. This is a far cry from years ago when snail mail was used. What will they think of next? 🙂...
Top 30 and 20
Here are the top 30 countries in number of logins on this blog: 1. United States2. Canada3. United Kingdom4. Norway5. Germany6. Russia7. Mexico8. Venezuela9. Bulgaria10. China11. Denmark12. Greece13. United Arab Emirates14. Poland15. Netherlands16. Philippines17. France18. Spain18. Peru20. Brazil21. Japan22....
Royal Diamond Chess Set
Have you ever wondered how much the most expensive chess set in the world would cost? The Royal Diamond Chess Set is without a doubt near the top of the list in terms of expense, value, and beauty. To...
Gambit news
Perelshteyn Wins Spice CupBy Dylan Loeb McClainNY Times Eugene Perelshteyn, a grandmaster from Massachusetts, won the Spice Cup, a tournament at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tex. He led from start to finish, scoring 6.5 out of 9. Gilberto...