Sex toy interrupts Kasparov speech

Last night somebody said to me: “I’d like to see more humor in chess reporting.” And then, this morning I came across the following item: “Sex toy interrupts Kasparov speech.” We have the video of this hilarious moment. full story »

The primaries and Kasparov

For years, Kasparov has claimed that life imitates chess. Until now, I’ve had a difficult time believing this, if only because life was here before chess, and because chess is a model of life rather than the other way around. full story »

Interview Magnus Carlsen

Right after Linares, where he became shared second, this Norwegian tv interview with Magnus Carlsen was broadcast. The Jay Leno/David Letterman way. Subtitles in English.[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N003wIDsiCc[/video]

Interview with Anatoly Karpov

There it is. The Big Chessvibes Interview with Anatoly Karpov. Wednesday morning I spoke to him about half an hour in The Hague, where he was to play a simul later that day against members of the Dutch parliament. (By the way, the score was 21 wins and 2 draws for the ex-world champion). The questions I asked him, were put forward in advance by you, the visitors, on the Chessvibes website. (Because we were limited by the clock, not all questions could be asked.) This way I think we managed to make it an interview with a nice mix of subjects that are interesting for a broad audience. Enjoy! full story »

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Chess Trivia of 29 January

On 29 January Irving Chernev (1900), Raymond Keene (1948), Maxim Dlugy (1966) and Arthur Kogan (1974) were born.

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Chess Trivia of 28 January

On 28 January Ferdinand Hellers (1969) was born.

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Chess Trivia of 27 January

On 27 January captain Evans (1790), Lodewijk Prins (1913), Alexander Nikitin (1935), Jeroen Piket (1969) and Sergey Erenburg (1983) were born.

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Chess Trivia of 26 January

On 26 January Gideon Stahlberg (1908), Fridrik Olafsson (1935) and Jean-Marc Degraeve (1971) were born. On 26 January 1907 the world championship match between Emanuel Lasker and Frank Marshall started. Lasker won 11,5-3,5.

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Chess Trivia of 25 January

On 25 January Matthias Wahls (1968), Rune Djurhuus (1970) and Alexander Goloshchapov (1978) were born. On 25 January 1908 Mikhail Chigorin passed away. He was the strongest Russian chess player before Alekhine. Chigorin won the first three Russian Championships (1899, 1900-1901 and 1903). In 1889 and in 1892 he lost twice against Steinitz in a world championship match.

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Chess Trivia of 24 January

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Chess Trivia of 23 January

On 23 January Henrique Mecking (1952) was born.

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Chess Trivia of 22 January

On 22 January Maxim Sorokin (1968), Etienne Bacrot (1983) and Nicholas Pert (1981) were born.

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Chess Trivia of 21 January

On 21 January Artashes Minasian (1967), Neil McDonald (1967) and Ilya Smirin (1968) were born.

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Chess Trivia of 20 January

On 20 January Yevgeny Vladimirov (1957) and Marc Narciso Dublan (1974) were born.

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Chess Trivia of 19 January

On 19 January Gennady Kuzmin (1946) was born.

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Chess Trivia of 18 January

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Chess Trivia of 17 January

Op 17 January Karel Traxler (1866) and ex-world champion Maya Chiburdanidze (1961) were born.

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