We had police and horse escort from the hotel to the beautiful location for the closing ceremony. It is a 7 minute walk in the beautiful historic district. The police stopped traffic for the group when we need to...
The most colorful WC ever?
Who is the most colorful World Champion ever? – Fischer– Kasparov– Spassky– Another choice? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Billionaire World Champion?
What Money Can’t BuyBy BORIS GULKO and GABRIEL SCHOENFELDJuly 27, 2007The Dutch magazine, New In Chess, recently reported that Petromir, a Russian energy company, owns a tract of Siberia with 43 trillion cubic meters of natural gas underneath it....
Kramnik arrives in Miskolc, Hungary
Chess world champion arrives in HungaryVladimir Kramnik, the reigning chess world champion, arrived in Hungary on Monday afternoon to play eight rapid games with Hungarian grandmaster Peter Leko in Miskolc, NE Hungary, late this month. Leko has a “bill...
The FIDE World Championship Plan
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ECHECSRecognized by the International Olympic Committee9 Syngrou Ave., 11743 Athens, GreeceTel: (+30) 2109212047, Fax: (+30) 2109212859, Email: office@fide.comwww.fide.comMoscow, 1 March 2007 Dear Chess Friends, Following the decision of the Presidential Board at its meeting in Antalya,...
IQ range of 180
This article has a lot of factual errors but it also offers some interesting views. Read and judge for yourself.Bobby Fischer: The greatest chessplayer of all time?By Errol TiwariSunday, February 4th 2007 Fischer’s IQ was in the range of...
Happy Birthday to Boris Spassky!
Boris Spassky was born on January 30, 1937 in Leningrad which is now St. Petersburg, Russia. At the age of 18, he won the World Junior Championship in Belgium. In the same year, he became the youngest Grandmaster in...