Chat with Sergei Movsesian
19 June 2008 17:20 PM
Tonight it’s possible to join a live chat with top grandmaster GM Sergei Movsesian. The session is starting at 20:00 hrs CET at the Novoborsky Chess Club website.
Chess Giants now “Asrian Memorial”
12 June 2008 10:15 AM
Gaguik Oganessian, General Secretary of the Armenian Chess Federation and President of FIDE Zone 1.5, informed us that the “Chess Giants Yerevan 2008″ tournament has been renamed “Karen Asrian Memorial”, and that the Asrian Memorial will become traditional.
It’s a logical decision by the Armenians to remember their fourth best player Karen Asrian who passed away this week, only 28 years old.
Vishy in a commercial
9 June 2008 10:16 AM
About six weeks ago we saw ex-world champion Veselin Topalov in a tv-commercial. This time it’s Viswanathan Anand’s turn and we learn that his world-class preparation isn’t done on a laptop with Intel Duo Core, but with an AMD processor! full story »
Wu Tang Clan’s RZA launches chess social network
5 June 2008 18:26 PM
Yesterday, world famous hip-hop star and Wu Tang Clan member RZA launched a chess social network. What? Hiphop and chess? Yeah. full story »
Karpov-Korchnoi on video
5 June 2008 10:31 AM
The first game Karpov-Korchnoi of the recent Pivdenny Bank Cup has been captured on video by the organizers. Dennis Monokroussos wrote a nice training post on it.
Fischer’s child to become a millionaire
5 June 2008 10:13 AM
If you were wondering what was going to happen with the money of the late 11th world champion, well, that goes to his Pinay daughter.
Sex toy interrupts Kasparov speech
20 May 2008 10:43 AM
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
7 May 2008 18:18 PM
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 »
April-column Kasparov in WSJ
26 April 2008 20:00 PM
In a new column for the Wall Street Journal, Garry Kasparov criticizes Western governments for going soft on China and Russia.
Kramnik plays Werle & Sebag
2 April 2008 9:45 AM
This afternoon, at 14:00 CET, in Enschede, the Netherlands a special event takes place: in a simultaneous exhibition, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik plays IGM Jan Werle & WGM Marie Sebag. full story »
New column Kasparov in WSJ
5 March 2008 12:17 PM
A new column by Kasparov has been published in the Wall Street Journal, about the elections in Russia.
Kasparov stopped by police
17 February 2008 19:37 PM
Opposition politician and former chess champion Garry Kasparov has been stopped by police while in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Ekho Moskvy radio reported Sunday. Kasparov was in a minibus with others at Sochi when he was stopped by police. He told Ekho Movsky from a police station that police confiscated the rented minibus on suspicion the vehicle had been stolen. More at Monstersandcritics.com
Kasparov in Newsweek
16 February 2008 14:19 PM
http://www.newsweek.com/id/111717
Terror Jaap beats GM Jan Werle
12 February 2008 12:09 PM
What do you do when you get invited to The Golden Cage? You pick your best suit, deal some smiles and win your game. Well, that must have been GM Jan Werle’s intention. But he got beaten on national television by Terror Jaap. full story »
Bobby Fischer on the Dick Cavett Show
10 February 2008 12:13 PM
Not to be missed:
Now also on YouTube:
(Thanks to Adam Smith)
Video clips and chess?
7 February 2008 19:37 PM
In which pop music videos does chess play a role? Let’s try and make a list.
full story »
Terror Jaap (Golden Cage) - Jan Werle
2 February 2008 11:30 AM
Tomorrow (Sunday, Februari 3) GM Jan Werle plays against ‘Terror Jaap‘, a participant of the Dutch TV program De Gouden Kooi (The Golden Cage). The game will probably be broadcast on TV (usually five or six days later) but tomorrow the match can be followed live via livestreaming on the Golden Cage’s site.
Larry Evans on My 61 Memorable Games
1 February 2008 22:19 PM
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8175/431
Kasparov on Fischer in TIME
31 January 2008 10:22 AM
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“At Fischer’s peak, even his adversaries had to admire his game. At the hallowed Moscow Central Chess Club, top Soviet players gathered to analyze Fischer’s crushing 1971 match defeat of one of their colleagues, Mark Taimanov. Someone suggested that Taimanov could have gained the upper hand with a queen move, to which David Bronstein, a world-championship challenger in 1951, replied, “Ah, but we don’t know what Fischer would have done.”"
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Great piece on Fischer by Hans Ree
29 January 2008 17:20 PM
