Well, test, what's so strange about that word combination? Didn't you know Britney plays chess? Oops, now I did it again ;-)

Yep, #1. :)

http://www.google.com/search?q=britney+chess

Dit is ook een manier in de Google rankings te stijgen, Peter ;-)

From Mig's site:
I became close to Kasparov in 1999 and in the middle of that year he hired me to help build and run his website, KasparovChess.com (RIP). That changed the nature of our relationship de facto, although as an editorial policy we tried hard to give a complete picture of the news when it involved Garry, as it so often did. Of course the site was also his platform, but we all agreed that his articles should appear under his byline like those by me and other editors. There was to be no royal we, no unsigned editorials

Thanks for the mammaries.

Looks as though Doggers was not copied on the Hensel Press Release!

A chess player's manager is more akin to a boxer's manager than a pop star's.

The main aim is to get a title shot and win the world championship . The managers come more into their own planning everything around world title bouts, and political deals we all hear about, to get the best for their client..

Kasparov doesn't have managers, he has minions...
But seriously, what is Mig Greengard for Kasparov? An "embedded" journalist?

ok so Kramnik decided that Carsten is a lousy theatrist and Britney will be a better match against Danailov?

The Kramnik-Carsten breakup does resemble a usual pattern in team sports: a championship is lost, fire the manager. A pertinent question is what Carsten could/should have done differently but that is surely something about which neither party would want to talk. Also, we never knew what was supossed to be Kramnik's strategy or if they had one at all. Finally, I have the impression that K. was overconfident and maybe his whole team was.

Great column, guys, I really loved it, and it?Ǭ¥s something that probably most of us hadn?Ǭ¥t given any thought yet, but it?Ǭ¥s interesting to realize about the chess manager pattern: parents, wives,... :)

I cant believe you guys didnt guess it.

Kramnik is Britney`s new manager, and Carsten is now managing Madonna and Michael Jackson. Danailov is pissed and accuses Jackson of cheating (and for the first time I agree with Danailov).

Hmm... strange article. Are they really so mad that other websites or blogs mention news that they consider unrelevant.
Then just don't talk about it :)

Why would we be 'mad' about such a thing? No, surely not, it's just that we're constantly discussing how to deal with different types of news. And with this particular item, we suddenly realized how few players actually have a manager, and then we realized that we don't know any manager outside the chess world, and then... well, at some point Arne decided to do a column instead.

Peter: "and then we realized that we don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t know any manager outside the chess world"

Are you sure? ;)

What's her rating?

Britney?Ǭ¥s rating is in the same category as mine, its called ?Ǭ®almost random?Ǭ®.
It would be nice if FIDE could create more categories for patzers , im totally against the Elite GrandMaster title.
Unless they throw one to me.

chessvibes has surely sunken low enough

It would have been better wait until the 28 of December.

Well it connects well to the frequent topic of cheating.

Is Topalov/Kramnik actually coming up with the moves or is it a computer?
Is Britney actually singing live or is it a recording ?

Main difference is chess is not subjective, but objective. No amount of publicity could make any but the most talented chess players successful (except by cheaing as mentioned above). Carlsen is not there due to his crazy following.

I never thought I will see Britney's picture on chessvibes. I had to re-check if I'm on the right site :)

Actually I already wondered why Chessbase was reporting about Hensel a few times. Not the most interesting I topic indeed :)

i wonder what percentage of anands winnings his wife gets..