Tiebreaker Needed in U.S. Championship; Krush Wins U.S. Women's
Heading into the U.S. Women's Championship, almost everyone was certain that the competition would come down to a two-horse race between Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih. In the end, those two did end up...
View ArticleAzerbaijan to host 2016 Chess Olympiad
Baku, May 14 (IANS) Azerbaijan won the right to stage the 42nd edition of the 2016 Chess Olympiad in the capital city of Baku from May 17 to 30. The other two application by Albena of Bulgaria and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan to host 2016 Chess Olympiad
Azerbaijan won the right to stage the 42nd edition of the 2016 Chess Olympiad in the capital city of Baku from May 17 to 30. The other two application by Albena of Bulgaria and Tallinn of Estonia did...
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Baku, May 14: Azerbaijan won the right to stage the 42nd edition of the 2016 Chess Olympiad in the capital city of Baku from May 17 to 30. - Indiatalkies.com
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2013 U.S. and Women’s Chess Champions Crowned in Saint Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Grandmaster Gata Kamsky, 38, the 2013 U.S. Chess Champion and Irina Krush , 29, the 2013...
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Weekly Endgame Study (323)
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! --> IM...
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Aronian beats "Princes" 4.5-1.5 in Meissen clock simul
Levon Aronian scored a 4.5-1.5 victory in his clock simul against the six most talented young German chess players on Friday in Meissen. The Armenian grandmaster, who is the world's number 2 in the...
View ArticleInterview with GM Vladimir Chuchelov
Belgian Grandmaster Vladimir Chuchelov is accompanying Italian star Fabiano Caruana in the Thessaloniki Grand Prix. He kindly agreed to a short interview after the beginning of round 9. Q: Vladimir,...
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On his birthday, Kamsky grabs sole lead again in Thessaloniki
With one round to go, Gata Kamsky is the sole leader again at the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece. The American grandmaster celebrated his 39th birthday on Sunday with a quick win against Alexander...
View ArticleAll About the Tempi
Last night I played in the first round of the June Saturday Knight Live Marathon at Bay Area Chess. Compared to most tournaments, I would describe this one as… intimate. There were only twelve players...
View ArticleThessaloniki Grand Prix: Kamsky celebrates birthday with a win over Morozevich
The penultimate round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix has set the stage for exciting final round on Monday 12:00 local time. Gata Kamsky celebrated his birthday with a quick and convincing victory...
View ArticleBartell & Rosen on Chicago Norm-Hunting
Tom Bartell and Eric Rosen earned IM norms at the 29th North American Masters, a round robin in Skokie, IL. They both tied for first with 6.5/9. Hear from the players, including 10-year-old Awonder Liang.
View ArticleAncient Egyptian Beads Made from Meteorite(s)
Yes - imagine wearing a necklace that included one or more beads fashioned out of the metal found inside a "star that fell from the sky" -- the sky where Nuit protectively arcs over us every night --...
View Article“Guess A Move” quiz in Thessaloniki
Local chess fans from Thessaloniki have taken advantage of the weekend to attend the Grand Prix playing venue in greater number and listen to Greek commentary by GM Ioannis Papaioannou. Around 100...
View ArticleNew Study Funded: How Foreign Queen Consorts Shaped European Culture
Well, duh! From Past Horizons. How consorts shaped Europe Article created on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 The cultural role of the consort in the period 1500-1800 will be studied in a new project led by an...
View ArticleShaman 'Rainmaking' Center Discovered in South Africa
From Live Science via Yahoo News By Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor | LiveScience.com – Fri, May 31, 2013 A towering "rain control" site, where shamans would have asked the gods to open up the...
View ArticleHooray, Gata Kamsky!
There'a a dude's Grand Prix going on right now in Thessoliniki, Greece. I don't normally follow male-only events, but since recently crowned U.S. Chess Champion GM Gata Kamsky is in first place by...
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I know this is a heated topic but i dont see how it hasnt been fixed. its easy you just add an additional rule. chess has been around for over a thousand years and in that time span rules have been...
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