Submitted by
RayDuqueIII on Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:42pm.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-18-fischer-obit_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip Bobby Fischer is the greatest player in the world. The link above was a news story from USA Today. Ray Duque III (GM-IBD) New York City Read more »
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Submitted by
Creg on Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:59am.
Robert James Fischer (1943 - 2008) was brilliant at the game of chess, but not so much with the game of life. However, we should remember his genius at the board, and better understand the person. He said many things that upset a lot of peo... Read more »
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Submitted by
RetGuvvie98 on Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:53am.
By GUDJON HELGASON – 43 minutes ago REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He... Read more »
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Submitted by
sandeepg on Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:02pm.
Tathagat Avatar Tulsi is a scientist and is most well known as a child prodigy. He is a Guinness World Record holder. He has the special distinction of being one of the world's youngest scientists. At the age of 17, he wrote a research pape... Read more »
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Submitted by
DeepNf3 on Mon Dec 3, 2007 9:59pm.
Italian-American GM Fabiano Curuana wins Italian championship an article about Caruana at chessbase.com http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4187 official website http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?a... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:59am.
Markus Ragger (born Feb 5, 1988 in Klagenfurt) is tied as the top Austrian chess player. He learned chess at the age of two from his grandparents. At six, he began playing at the club where he plays today. He plays in the German Bu... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:43am.
Friedrich (Fritz) Saemisch was born on the 20th of September 1896 in Berlin, Germany. Awarded the GM title in 1950 he was the (unofficial) Austrian Champion in 1921, their first championship. His most notable match win also in 1921 was against Ric... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Tue Nov 6, 2007 9:52am.
Wesley So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino chess International Master who was the youngest member of the national men’s team to the Chess Olympiad (2006 - Turin, Italy) at the age of 12. He also holds the record of being the youngest Nat... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:15am.
Fabiano Caruana is the youngest US and Italian GM in history. He was born in Miami, Florida, in 1992, went to school in Brooklyn, played in Queens in the Susan Polgar Club, trained with Pal Benko, defeated a GM at the age of ten, m... Read more »
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Submitted by
DeepNf3 on Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:47pm.
Corsica Masters 2007 check it out http://www.echecs.asso.fr/(jnrmvqilopeqzji32itxvp55)/Resultat2.aspx?URL=Tournois/2007/Bastia/CorsicaMaster2007&Action=Cl Read more »
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Submitted by
edthegreat on Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:30pm.
For all you Indian folks out there that are on chess.com, start cheering. An Indian is finally a world champion. Isn't it ironic that chess was invented in India and we still didn't have a world champ? Well, thanks to Viswanathan Anan... Read more »
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Submitted by
DeepNf3 on Wed Oct 3, 2007 7:41pm.
Magnus Carlsen plays an amazing combination to a winning position in the first round of the European Cup for clubs, this was without a doubt a computer like combination Read more »
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Submitted by
angela101 on Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:19pm.
There is an extensive scientific literature on chess psychology .Alfred Binet and others showed that knowledge and verbal, rather than visuospatial, ability lies at the core of expertise. Adriaan de Groot, in his doctoral thesis, showed that chess... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:10pm.
Teimour Radjabov was born March 12, 1987 in Baku. He started playing chess when he was four years old and won the European Under-18 Championship in 1999. In 2001, at the age of 14 years and 14 days, he became the youngest International Grandmaster... Read more »
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Submitted by
DeepNf3 on Wed Sep 5, 2007 5:44pm.
read more http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_517.php Read more »
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Submitted by
DeepNf3 on Wed Sep 5, 2007 5:42pm.
Read more http://www.thechessdrum.net/ Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Tue Sep 4, 2007 4:34pm.
Hikaru Nakamura was born December 9, 1987 in Osaka, Japan. When he was two years old he and his family moved to the United States. Hikaru began playing chess at the age of seven and was coached by his Sri Lankan stepfather, FIDE Master Sunil Weera... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:03pm.
Magnus Carlsen, born November 30, 1990, learned chess at the age of eight and lives in Baerum, Norway, just outside Oslo. He received the title of International Master in 2003. The next year, he gained 300 rating points. In Corus... Read more »
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Submitted by
bendcat on Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:30am.
Samantha Glo Revita From Rosales, Pangasinan Philippines a 7 year old girl, grade 2 at Rosales North Central School(RNCS). Birthday: Aug. 09, 1999 NCFP Ratings: 1945 Achievements: 8th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship, Year 2007 at Pattaya... Read more »
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Submitted by
erik on Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:51am.
Most people don't know this, but a huge chunk of the wealth in Silicon Valley was created by strong chess players! Below are some of the most notable examples... PayPalPeter Thiel (Co-founder and former CEO) Peter is not only the busine... Read more »
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Submitted by
shawbrian on Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:49am.
Texas Tech University, known athletically as the home of Bobby Knight and Mike Leach's Air Raid football offense, could soon be equally feared for its wicked endgame. The university announced that it will establish the Susan Polgar Institute ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Tue Jul 3, 2007 12:19pm.
GM Maxim Sorokin suddenly dies after suffering injuries from a recent car accident. While traveling back from the recent candidate matches in Elista he was involved in a car accident. Originally when he arrived at the hospital and the doctors were... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:15am.
The latest quarterly FIDE rating list is out and the top 10 rated chess players in the world are listed below, with links to their Wikipedia entries. 1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2792 2 Kramnik, Vladim... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Thu May 31, 2007 7:29am.
Viswanathan Anand on Thursday, May 31,2007, advised the world chess federation (FIDE) to find a balance between "broadening the player base" and maintaining the standard of competition while deciding the criteria for title norms. FIDE ha... Read more »
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