European Championship, Plovdivby Misha Golubev There was an incident in Round 6: as many as six Georgian players and one Greek player didn’t appear for their games on time, and were forfeited. They were not aware of changing the clocks to daylight saving time. It is hard to judge what is the more stupid: to […]
A beautiful tribute to Dad from Graham Brown
Ken Brown26/2/1928 – 7/2/2012by Graham Brown (Technical Editor of Chess Today)CT-66(4137) Chess Today My Dad, Ken Brown, has passed away at the age of 83 in Sunderland. He played a big part in Norfolk chess in the 60s and 70s. He was the chess teacher at Great Yarmouth Grammar School and was responsible for the […]
Letter to ChessToday.net editor
Letter to ChessToday.net editor: Dear Alex, While looking at the comments after the end of the candidate matches, I was surprised that nobody mentioned the fact that we were just one step close to have a challenger who didn’t manage to win a single classical game, due to ridiculous tournament rules. What was wrong with […]
Chess Today GM Golubev ties for 1st at Podgaets Memorial
Podgaets MemorialThis closed category VI tournament in memory of IM Mikhail Podgaets took place in Odessa, Ukraine from the 20th to the 30th of November. Final standings: 1-3. IM Fingerov (2388, UKR), IM Bogdanovich (2479, UKR) and GM Golubev (2492, UKR) – 7/10 4-5. GM Legky (2420, UKR) and FM Bulanov (2370, BLR) – 6½ […]
10th anniversary for Chess Today
I would like to congratulate Chess Today on their 10th year anniversary! It is by far the best daily chess newspaper on the net and I read it everyday! I highly recommend it to everyone. You can find out more information about Chess Today at www.ChessToday.net. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A letter by Nick Faulks
The following letter was written by Mr. Nick Faulks to Chess Today (www.ChessToday.net), the first Daily Chess Newspaper on the net. It was published on issue CT-190 (3531) dated Friday, 9 July 2010. For those of you who have never read Chess Today, check it out. It is great and I personally read it almost […]
Chess Auction
I would like to let you know that there is an online auction in progress at http://www.gmsquare.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction-main.cgi?all It will conclude in about 6 hours. There are 65 lots in total: rare books, chess periodicals, memorabilia, books on chess composition, books of fiction with chess theme, etc. Come and have a look! In order to bid […]
Monday chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net, the best daily chess newspaper on the net! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Online chess auction at the GMSquare
Dear chess friends, I would like to let you know about our online chess auction, which will conclude in about 3 hours. Bidding should heat up very soon! There are 70 lots in total – to see them, go to http://www.gmsquare.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction-main.cgi?all Among the lots are rare books and magazines from the UK, Italy, Russia, France, […]
Correspondence player needed
Dear Chess Today reader, The Chess Today team is urgently seeking one player for a correspondence chess competition. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Andy Ansel at aansel@verizon.net as soon as possible, giving some details about your playing strength and experience. With best regards,Alex Baburinwww.ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar