Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com   Reuben Fine was born in New York City on October 11, 1914.  He learned to play chess from his uncle in 1923 at the age of 8.  He began tournament level chess at the Marshall Chess Club.  He won the 15th Marshall Chess Club Ch... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-fine-draw Sun, 04 May 2008 17:11:41 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-fine-draw   Rudolf Spielmann was born in Vienna on May 5, 1883.  He was a Viennese professional chess player who spent most of his adult life in Germany.  He played over 100 tournaments and 55 matches in his career.  He earned the nickna... http://www.chess.com/article/view/rudolf-spielmann---master-of-the-sacrifice Sun, 04 May 2008 07:52:40 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/rudolf-spielmann---master-of-the-sacrifice   Edward (Eduard) Lasker was born in Kempen, Poland (near Breslau and part of the German Empire at the time) Germany on December 3, 1885.  He learned chess at the age of 6 from his father.  He earned degrees at the University of Ber... http://www.chess.com/article/view/lasker-the-lesser---edward-lasker Thu, 01 May 2008 19:31:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/lasker-the-lesser---edward-lasker Ngoc Truongson Nguyen ('Son', born Kien Giang Province, Vietnam, February 23, 1990) is the top Vietnamese chess player.  Son started playing chess at the age of four, and he competed in the National Junior Chess Tournament before he w... http://www.chess.com/article/view/young-superstars-ngoc-truongson-nguyen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:37:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/young-superstars-ngoc-truongson-nguyen   Arturo Pomar-Salamanca was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on September 1, 1931.  He was a child prodigy, learning the game at age 4, and pupil of Alexander Alekhine during World War II (Franco’s regime in Spain paid Alekhine to... http://www.chess.com/article/view/oscar-pomar---former-chess-prodigy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:32:47 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/oscar-pomar---former-chess-prodigy Georg Marco was born in what is today Cernauti, Ukraine in 1863, and was raised in Romania.  He was a medical student before he gave that up to become a journalist and professional chess player. He moved to Vienna from Romanai in the 18... http://www.chess.com/article/view/georg-marco---the-strongest-player-in-the-world Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:02:57 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/georg-marco---the-strongest-player-in-the-world   Edmar (Edmars) John Mednis was born on March 22, 1937 in Riga, Latvia. He and his family escaped from Latvia in 1944.  They lived in several displaced camps in Germany before coming to the United States in 1950. In 1949, at ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/edmar-mednis Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:53:30 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/edmar-mednis Anna Muzychuk was born 28 February 1990 in Lviv, Ukraine.  She is an International Master and a Woman Grandmaster with FIDE rating 2486. In 2004 she became a citizen of Slovenia, where she is the strongest female chess player.  On t... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-superstars-anna-muzychuk Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:44:27 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-superstars-anna-muzychuk Rusudan Goletiani was born in Georgia in 1980 and came to the United States in 2000. Rusa won the Soviet Junior Chess Championship for Girls Under 12 in 1990 at the age of nine. She then went on to win the World Chess Championship for Girls t... http://www.chess.com/article/view/rusudan-goletiani Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:35:32 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/rusudan-goletiani Nicky Nip of San Francisco is America's youngest master ever, still just 9 years old (the picture is from 2006). He earned the title in torunaments and matches such as the one in December where he beat me 4-2. He has a FIDE rating over  2... http://www.chess.com/article/view/nicky-nip-master-at-9 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:47:34 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/nicky-nip-master-at-9 Magnus Carlsen is a 17 Year old (D.O.B 20/11/1990) from Norway who is a chess Genius and definetly the one to watch out for! Carlsen became Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 27 days-the third youngest in the history of the gam... http://www.chess.com/article/view/magnus-carlsen Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:54:25 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/magnus-carlsen Do you play chess in quiet, with music - and what kind of music? - with any other 'sound' in the background...  What's your 'setting?'  We talk about 'style' a lot... but what about your 'setting?'&nbs... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-erlings Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:53:16 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-erlings Hey...  Eating is an experience and not just for sustenance.  Ever watch people in restaurants-?  As soon as they swallow one mouthfull, they're directing the fork back to their mouth.  Gulp, gulp, gulp.  How many peop... http://www.chess.com/article/view/world-wide-chess Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:09:44 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/world-wide-chess Bobby Fischer played in his first rated tournament in May, 1955.  He was 12 years old at the time (born in March, 1943).  Carmine Nigro, President of the Brooklyn Chess Club took Bobby up to the 5th Amateur U.S. Championship (the last Am... http://www.chess.com/article/view/fischers-first-rated-tournament Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:31:22 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/fischers-first-rated-tournament I started playing chess since i was  6 years old. I played until I was 12 mostly with relatives and ocasionally with the few friends I have who play the game. Anyway, I entered a chess tournament my high school organized and ended up in third... http://www.chess.com/article/view/on-ademi Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:10:05 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/on-ademi International Master Rodolfo Tan Cardoso of the Philippines was its first International Master.  He was the only Filipino to win over the late former World Champion Robert Fischer; in their 1957 match in New York. He has retired in the 1970&#... http://www.chess.com/article/view/im-cardoso-of-rp Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:51:22 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/im-cardoso-of-rp Steinitz was born in the Jewish ghetto of Prague (today Czech Republic, then Austrian Empire), the last in a family of thirteen sons. His father was a hardware retailer. He learned to play chess at age 12. Leaving Prague to study mathematics in Vi... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-chess-player-is-born Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:31:33 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-chess-player-is-born This article was taken from http://pinoychess.informe.com/ with the permission from the author. Comments are accepted. Tug-of-war over Fischer's fortune by Frank “Boy” Pestaño AFTER disappearing mysteriously for about ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/tug-of-war-over-fischers-fortune Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:27:09 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/tug-of-war-over-fischers-fortune http://www.chess.com/article/view/partida-de-xadrez-01 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:31:47 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/partida-de-xadrez-01 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/01/18/2008-01-18_bobby_fischer_chess_genius_and_cold_war_.html   Bobby Fischer is the greatest chess player in the world. He is the King of chess. He will be remembered in the chess community arou... http://www.chess.com/article/view/robert-james-fischer Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:33:11 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/robert-james-fischer