Chess

The Decorous Salomon

Salomon Flohr was born November 21, 1908 in what is now Ukraine. He lost his parents during World War I and together with his brother was orphaned as a child and relocated to Czechoslovakia, where he learned chess and became a professional chess player. A...Read more »

VIDEO: How To Improve Your Chess 2

by GM Gregory Kaidanov

GM Gregory Kaidanov brings us the second installment in his video series designed to "Improve Your Chess"! Here we see a much more practical example, stemming from one of the most important games of h Watch Video »

Kramnik Gets Second Spot In Bilbao

With Alexei Shriov already having wrapped up first place in the Shanghai Masters, it was left to Vladimir Kramnik and Lev Aronian to stake their claim for the second qualifying spot. Both games in the final round were drawn, and as it turns out (it was no...Read more »

Atlantic Open, 2 Exchange French Defenses

Hi All Just played in the Atlantic Open this weekend.    My results were mediocre with  1w,1l and 2d but it was fun.   I met a good friend there who hasn’t played in an OTB tournament since high school and that made it really fun.  It was also coo...Read more »