Where are the Queens in Chess? Recently the Imperial College chess team arrived back from BUCA. After multiple rounds, Imperial managed to dominate the entire tournament. It was a great weekend of fun and exciting chess games. Maximilian Eggl...
Female Grandmasters
Artwork by Mike Magnan A friend recently asked about how many female grandmasters are there in the world? Here is the list I compiled. Am I missing anyone? Inactive 1 Polgar, Susan g USA (HUN) 25772 Xie, Jun g...
Russia has 2 new #1
Morozevich became the #2 ranked player in the world and #1 in Russia in the July 2008 list with a rating of 2788, which is the same as Kramnik. However, he is listed higher because of the FIDE tie-break...
Percentage of female players
I just asked Mike Nolan for the statistic about female chess players within the USCF. Here are the numbers: 12 and below, 5491 of 29,791 or 18.4%13-15, 1121 of 9031 or 12.4%16-19, 629 of 6771 or 9.3%20-24, 129 of...
A tribute to the great Vera Menchik
A Tribute to Vera Menchik by Kevin MarcheseVera Francevna Menchik (Mencikova) was born in Moscow, Russia on February 16, 1906. Her father was Czech and her mother was British. When Vera was 15, the family and she moved to...