Four losing pawn moves - how hard can it be?
An entertaining tussle againt a player slightly more consistent than me. A loss of a pawn put me on the back heel for the entire game - and then I failed to analyze the position and blundered to a...
View ArticleChicago Open Round 4
Here is my final game from Round 4 of the tournament. This was probably the best game I played but it unfortunately ended in a draw due to the time trouble I was in once again. I was up an...
View Article22nd Annual Chicago Open
The 22nd Annual Chicago Open was held on May 23-27, 2013, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois. Grandmasters Ray Robson, Josh Friedel and Nikola Mitkov...
View ArticleEdmonton International Chess Festival
The 8th Edmonton International Chess Festival will be held at the Edmonton Chess Club on June 22-July 1st. It will be an exciting week of chess for all levels ages and interests. The main event of the...
View ArticleOkay, so what does this mean for "Out of Africa?"
I read about this before now. How fascinating! Finding hand tools dated, using the most advanced techniques, to 1.5 million years ago in Tamil Nadu. Who do they think made those tools, and where did...
View ArticleThessaloniki Grand Prix R6: Caruana and Kamsky catch Dominguez in lead
Fabiano Caruana and Gata Kamsky won their games in the 6th round of Thessaloniki Grand Prix to join Leinier Dominguez in shared lead. Dominguez outplayed Hikaru Nakamura but couldn’t convert the...
View ArticleTwenty Han Dynasty Tombs Discovered Near Three Gorges Dam
Sounds like a fantastic discovery, but there is no timeline given in the article -- this could have been found years ago and just now released to the public: From the Latin American Herald Tribune The...
View ArticleMarriage Seems to Be in Trouble in the United Arab Emirates
Not just an issue in the United States, where 50% of marriages end in divorce year in, and year out, for too many years now. Even when I first started working in the legal field, as a secretary, way...
View ArticleDon't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson
Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson (1st American Idol) sound wonderful in this duo! "Don't You Wanna Stay" by Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoGsKvOQI Precious
View ArticleNot the Best Game
Not the Best Game, But I tried to concentrate on making my minor pieces Better, and keeping them that way. I think possibly my opponent was unaware that he had an entombed Bishop, and thought I would...
View ArticleMore commentary on incident in Cork Congress
Some recent commentary on the Cork incident on some chess sites. Here is Tim Hardings take on things
View ArticleNepomniachtchi-Inarkiev: a tough puzzle
When in a magazine there is a puzzle I can't solve, I often photocopy it, and keep it for a rai
View ArticleNepomniachtchi - Jobava: another tough puzzle
By chance, two of the puzzles which I had with me today were victories by Ian Nepomniachtchi. White
View ArticleKindred's Kaleidoscope: Wind Power Is Not Worth It --Suzanne Albright /...
Here is someone else who writes and adds truth to my earlier writings on the subject. There is a maj
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FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki: Round 6
Fabiano Caruana and Gata Kamsky won their games in the 6th round of Thessaloniki Grand Prix to join Leinier Dominguez in shared lead. Dominguez outplayed Hikaru Nakamura but couldn't convert the...
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If John Lewis ran chess tournaments
The Golders Green Open – the one about which I’ve been banging on for the past couple of weeks (BORP? XIX; My Light Shines on) – was my fifth appearance in a row at Adam Raoof's event. I’ll be back for...
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Rapport wins 21st Sigeman & Co on tiebreak
Richard Rapport won the 21st Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday. The 17-year-old Hungarian grandmaster tied for first place with Nils Grandelius and Nigel Short, but won on...
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FIDE Stand at SportAccord Convention
On 27 May a FIDE stand was opened at the SportAccord Convention in the exhibition complex "Lenexpo", Saint Petersburg. Mr. Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Speaker of Russian State Duma and President of the...
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