SANDS: Bobby vs. the Soviets, half a century agoBy David R. Sands – The Washington TimesTuesday, November 15, 2011 Fifty years ago this fall, Bobby Fischer and the Soviets staged a stirring battle for supremacy in the small Yugoslav...
Marking the centenary of a cerebral champ
SANDS: Marking the centenary of a cerebral champ By David R. Sands The Washington Times Tuesday, August 23, 2011 He boasted a record and a resume as impressive as anyone who ever played the game, but it always seemed...
Return to form for Morozevich
SANDS: Tourney win is return to form for Morozevich5:58 a.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2011Washington Times In a welcome return to form for one of the world’s most dynamic players, Russian GM Alexander Morozevich last month won the Russian Higher...
Mixing it up at the board
Artwork by Mike Magnan SANDS: Juniors, seniors mix it up crazily at the boardBy David R. SandsThe Washington Times One more great thing about chess is that one can play the game irrationally at any age. Today’s wild and...
Crashing the party
SANDS: How Texas Tech crashed the party By David R. Sands – The Washington Times6:37 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 The first one is always the hardest — and the sweetest. As we reported last week, Texas Tech is...
The Sands’ Report
Shulman wins U.S. chess titleBy David R. SandsMay 24, 2008 He came up just short the last two years, but Chicago GM Yury Shulman wouldn’t be denied this time. With a dominating midtournament stretch, the Belarus-born Shulman won his...
h-file takes center
Playing on the edgeBy David R. SandsMarch 22, 2008Washington Times It’s way off on the edge of the board and comes in last in chess’s algebraic pecking order, but the humble h-file often takes center stage when it is...
Against the spirit of the game
An amateur event shamBy David R. SandsFebruary 23, 2008 The U.S. Amateur Team East, the Parsippany, N.J., tradition that usually is one of the year’s most popular and spirited events, left an unpleasant aftertaste this year. The East event,...
Eat your way to become a GM?
Eat like a grandmasterBy David R. SandsJanuary 12, 2008 Eat chocolate, sip mineral water, swim for exercise and skip breakfast — and you might become a grandmaster. Just in time for the late New Year’s resolution season, an Argentine...
Ivanov surged
Ivanov takes Eastern againBy David R. SandsJanuary 5, 2008 Massachusetts GM Alexander Ivanov last week extended his remarkable run in the Eastern Open, winning the 34th running of the D.C. event outright with a 7-1 score. Ivanov, who by...