What grandmasters fear most – in simuls (1) 7/31/2016 – Your best chance to draw or win against a grandmaster is to play one in a simultaneous exhibition. In part one of this article by WIM Dr Alexey Root,...
Hungarian Grandma Closes In On World Record
Hungarian supergranny closes in on world chess record PUBLISHED ON JUN 22, 2015 11:46 AM BUDAPEST: An 87-year-old Hungarian woman aims this weekend to set a world record by beating 1920s Cuban chess grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca at his...
A game for thinkers
Personal finance, like chess, is a game for thinkers HUMBERTO CRUZ THE SAVINGS GAME Susan Polgar is passionate about the topic. ”If women put their minds to it, there is no reason they can’t be as good as the...
World’s largest chess set
Checkmate! SAIT student builds world’s largest chess set by Crystal Schick, News Writer | March 19, 2013 | 12:04 am Many students are familiar with the Guinness Book of World Records, but Ken Taylor is one of the...
Cebu gets new world chess record
Cebu gets new world record for biggest chess tournamentAugust 9, 2012 10:42am After “Lolong” the giant crocodile, the Philippines gained yet another place in the Guinness World Records, this time for holding the world’s biggest chess tournament. The Guinness...
Cebu mounts successful bid for Guinness record
City mounts successful bid for Guinness recordBy Dale G. RosalCebu Daily News8:04 am | Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 After months of frenzied preparations, the Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC) under chairman Edward Hayco finally realized a dream that once...
Over 40,000 persons have, to date, registered!
Grand chess tourney registers thousandsBy PHOEBE JEN INDINOJanuary 14, 2012, 6:15pm CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines – Over 40,000 persons have, to date, registered in the most ambitious chess tournament festival in the country. To recall, the Cebu City Sports...
Guinness attempt reaches 40,000 players
Guinness attempt reaches 40,000 playersBy Rommel C. ManlosaSaturday, January 7, 2012 WITH only weeks left before the Grand Finale, the Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC) and the Cebu Chess Association (CCA) has gathered more than 40,000 participants from the...
Cebu City a step away from breaking record
Cebu City a step away from breaking recordBy Dale RosalCebu Daily News8:54 am | Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 Cebu City is just a step away from breaking the Guinness record of Krasnoyarsk, Russia for the world’s largest chess tournament....
Real world politics played out on the chess board
Battle for world simul recordPublished: Thu, 2011-11-24 23:44 In a column earlier this month, Double Rooks bewailed the entry of “the politics of hate” into the unifying arena of chess. This depressing episode took place at the Corsican Chess...