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350-400 can see Anand-Carlsen match in person
400 fans can watch Anand-Carlsen duel up closeBy Ashok Venugopal - CHENNAI Published: 24th August 2013 08:02 AM Last Updated: 24th August 2013 08:20 AM The stage is set for the World Championship chess...
View ArticleChess Sets Buying Guide
So you want to buy a chess set? That is a smart decision for three reasons: There have been several studies that show that playing chess helps improve cognitive thinking, problem solving skills and...
View ArticleBooks for Kids Back In Stock
We have been busy here at Wholesale Chess restocking existing book titles that had previously sold out as well as adding new titles to our selection. Here is a brief summary of some of the additions:...
View ArticleSpecial Fourth of July Sale
Looking for a great deal on your next chess set? Check out our 4th of July sale! We are offering great deals on your favorite colored chess pieces, sets, and even some boards! You'll receive an...
View ArticleWhere Have All The Chronos Chess Clocks Gone?
“Why don’t you have the Chronos clocks in stock?” We have been asked that question several times a day for the past couple of months. We are as eager as all of you are to get the Chronos clocks back in...
View ArticleThe Houdini Smartwatch
Co-founder of ConceptLabs, Peter Cochrane, (http://www.cochrane.org.uk/) gave an update on artificia
View ArticleChapter 5- Kids Fun
Every day, Craig reads a bedtime story to his son, Mostly about Dinosaurs as Thomas is addicted on t
View ArticleA Game of Chess?
Kings, Queens, Cheshire Cats, and Bobby Fischer aficionados alike have a new place to convene now th
View Article2013 - 2014 School Year
Hello Chess Parents and Chess Students! In an attempt to increase parent volunteering and tournament
View Article5 Minutes With... Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
by Nicholas McCarvel Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is known by plenty of names: Nastia, Nastia Pav, APavs
View ArticleSevillano, Moradiabadi & Peters Top Latest Metropolitan Invitationals
In the 28th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational, GM Enrico Sevillano and GM Elshan Moradiabadi tied for 1st while IM Jack Peters took clear first in the 29th edition.
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IM Jay Bonin to Lecture at Marshall CC
The Marshall Chess Club, together with Jeremy Graham, presentsIM Jay Bonin Lecture"Trying Something Different"International master Jay Bonin is one of the great legends of American chess. Having played...
View ArticleKamsky Eliminated; Caruana Marches on
US Champion Gata Kamsky was eliminated at the World Cup today by Tomashevsky. Meanwhile, Italian-American Fabiano Caruana heads to tiebreak against GM Maxime Lagrave-Vachier of France.
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Gladwell on chess and the ‘10,000 hours rule’
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of the best-selling book Outliers, has written a piece on the website of The New Yorker dealing with some of the criticism he’s received over his popularization of the...
View ArticlePolgar's Short Shrift To Short
This ongoing Chess World Cup in Norway has got me up til late and up early in the morning to check on results. And that has been thanks mostly to the wonderful video coverage hosted, at first, by the...
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Marshall August Under 2300 8/24/2013
On Saturday, I drew two games as Black at the Marshall Chess Club.Round One: Philidor Counter GambitSuhas Kodali (USCF 1979) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Marshall Chess Club 8/24/20131.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4...
View ArticleWorld Cup: Going to the (Under)dogs
We’re down to the final four players now in the World Cup, and it’s a final four that nobody in the world expected. Do you think I’m kidding? Let’s take a look. Evgeny Tomashevsky — 26-year-old Russian...
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Weekly Endgame Study (335)
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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World Cup: Caruana & Svidler out, Andreikin & Vachier-Lagrave through
Sunday's tiebreaks of the World Cup in Tromsø saw more upsets as Dmitry Andreikin and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave both managed to beat their higher rated opponents, Peter Svidler and Fabiano Caruana. This...
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Rudd's Rook Ending
Black to playGosling - Rudd, Penarth 2013OK, after the interlude it's back to some unfinished business from Penarth.I wasn't the only one getting amongst the rooks and pawns in Wales. Jack Rudd also...
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