I didn’t really follow the Reykjavik Open this year, but I saw what seemed to be the organizer’s writeup on a few sites (Chessbase, Chessvibes, etc). Soon after those articles went up, I also saw a question from Wesley So on Facebook as to whether what he did was so wrong to warrant the skewering. […]
The World Championship View
Here are the 5 questions I asked a number of Grandmasters and International Masters: 1. Who do you think will win the match?2. What is your final score prediction?3. How would you describe the strengths and weaknesses of each player?4. Does playing in Sofia give Topalov an advantage (home crowd) or disadvantage (too much distraction […]
Krush and Bhat awarded Samford Fellowship
This picture of Irina was taken during the 1st SPICE Cup last year at Texas Tech University 2008 Samford Fellowship Awarded to Krush and BhatBy Allen KaufmanApril 22, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Allen KaufmanPress Release #14 of 2008 For the first time in its twenty-two year history, two full Samford Fellowships have been awarded in a […]
Bhat, Vigorito, Robson, Sevillano in semis
Vinay Bhat in semi-finals of WCL tournament of championsPosted by tomlangland on Tuesday, April 15 In the 2008 U.S. State champion of champions tournament , held on World Chess Live on April 12 and 19-20 , IM David Vigorito of Massachusettes and our IM Vinay Bhat of Northern California won the Eastern and Western divisions. […]