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 Gates On His Failure At Go: Billionaire Bill Gates (r) cites go as one of his personal failures. "When I was young . . . I wanted to be the world's best chess player and, of course, I didn't succeed. I wanted to be the world's best Go player, too....http://blog.chess.com/nocab/many-try-few-succeedTue, 17 Nov 2009 08:10:18 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/many-try-few-succeedMy post of Nov 11, 2009, Louisville Chess , was pulled by the moderators of the USCF forum. The reason given was: There is no place on this forum for pursuing personal vendettas.Tim aka Moderator7Moderator #7 being tsawmiller.My post stayed on the...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/vendettaMon, 16 Nov 2009 09:01:10 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/vendettaIn a review by MICHIKO KAKUTANI, of the new book: Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin, it is written that " ... Mr. McCain, a former Navy pilot, saw the idea of upending the chessboard as a maverick move." Bless him for giving us the gift...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/chess-in-the-mediaMon, 16 Nov 2009 08:28:37 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/chess-in-the-mediaThe headline from the West Palm Beach News reads: Elderly Carjacking Suspect Former Child Chess ProdigySuspect's Father Says Son's Involvement 'Obvious,' But Won't Turn His Back On HimYou can find the sordid details at: http://wpbf.com/news/215971...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/ar-chess-prodigy-gone-badFri, 13 Nov 2009 07:44:38 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/ar-chess-prodigy-gone-badMy introduction to chess in Louisville was the state championship, with a time control of G/90, held at the U of Louisville campus on Shelbyville road. I decided to go by a few days before the tournament, but had trouble finding the location. It ...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/louisville-chessWed, 11 Nov 2009 14:12:22 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/louisville-chessThe musician Sting took questions from Weekend Edition listeners, and spoke about playing on a chess team pitted against a blindfolded Garry Kasparov."He said to me, 'My job as a chess player is to crush your mind,'" Sting says. "And he did."From ...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/that-stingsTue, 10 Nov 2009 06:23:25 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/that-stingsIn an article on the website, Lubbock Online, 'The historic connection between chess and baseball in the U.S.', Susan Polgar writes, "Between 1857 and 1860, there were only two major sports "crazes" in the United States: baseball and chess." She a...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/chess-in-online-articlesMon, 09 Nov 2009 08:12:14 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/chess-in-online-articlesAn article by Martin Gardner on Bobby Fischer has appeared on the weekend edition of Arts and Letters Daily ( www.aldaily.com ). Mr Gardner writes: "Aside from chess, Fischer came close to being a moron."This proves that when so-called 'brilliant...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/martin-gadner-on-bobbyfischerSun, 08 Nov 2009 07:40:46 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/martin-gadner-on-bobbyfischerThe headline reads: Extraterrestrial Life Official Disclosure Imminentby Michael E. Salla, Ph.DHonolulu Exopolitics ExaminerWorld Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker once said, "If games are played by sentient beings on other planets, then they play Go." http://blog.chess.com/nocab/do-play-chess-or-goThu, 05 Nov 2009 08:54:35 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/do-play-chess-or-goUFO activist Stephen Bassett was the guest on www.coasttocoastam.com last night, sharing updates about the ET disclosure process. He said, "Disclosure is a 'complex chess game,' and there could be some false alarms before the truth is revealed, he...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/comples-chess-gameThu, 05 Nov 2009 07:46:13 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/comples-chess-gameFormer Grandmaster Kenneth Rogoff's book, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff is the #20 top-selling book on http://blog.chess.com/nocab/former-gm-book-20-on-amazonTue, 03 Nov 2009 07:12:53 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/former-gm-book-20-on-amazonIt is always disconcerting when one learns that a person with whom one has crossed paths has 'snapped', especially when that person is a fellow player of the Royal game. The headline of the article reads: Jury sentences Young to 16 years.The artic...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/slaughter-at-slaughtersMon, 02 Nov 2009 07:35:59 -0800http://blog.chess.com/nocab/slaughter-at-slaughtersDoes not quite have the ring of the title Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time by David Edmonds and John Eidinow, does it?Someone I cannot recall took exception to my writing on the USCF fo...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/bobby-fischer-goes-to-playWed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:07 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/bobby-fischer-goes-to-play I recently received an email from a platonic woman friend, concerning a UCLA study on friendship among women. The study suggests that women respond to stress with a cascade of brain chemicals that cause us to make and maintain friendships with ot...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/women-and-stressSat, 17 Oct 2009 12:59:24 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/women-and-stress One Saturday night I sat down to play a fellow named Oscar, originally from Cuba. He was known as Oscar 'Castro', which he hated. When I pulled out a pen and pad,, Oscar said, "Whoa! What are you gonna do, keep score?" I replied that if I tell my...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/serious-chess2Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:20:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/serious-chess2Mr McDonald, in his last post on the KCA forum (www.kcachess.org), has been gracious enough to give me the last word on this subject; I will take it. The reason USCF has a rulebook is so there will be standardized rules for all players. In one of ...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/the-last-wordMon, 12 Oct 2009 08:22:28 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/the-last-wordThere is an interesting discussion taking place on the forum at the Kentucky Chess Association website: ( www.kcachess.org ), which should be happening on the USCF forum. But, as you loyal readers know, USCF, in it's wisdom, pulled my post. There ...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/uscf-rulesSat, 10 Oct 2009 13:13:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/uscf-rules Re: Pulled: North American Youth no Monroi permitted as timesheet Sent at: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:26 pmby tanstaafl Your post, below, was pulled because it was off-topic. As noted in the thread, the MonRoi could be used in the tournament, but not a...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/uscf-forum-censorshipWed, 07 Oct 2009 14:52:15 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/uscf-forum-censorshipSay No To Monroi I read with interest the thread North American Youth no Monroi permitted as timesheet listed under All Things Chess. I mentioned the post to Michael Johnson, who was at the Barnes & Noble when I arrived for the small tournamen...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/say-no-to-monroiWed, 07 Oct 2009 07:44:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/say-no-to-monroiOn the Chessbase website (), in the article titled, Nanjing: Carlsen strikes again, third win in four games, it is written in commentary to the Javenko-Carlsen game after 24.Nd4?!, "both Fritz and Rybka definitely prefer 24.Rf1 and show a small am...http://blog.chess.com/nocab/dismayedFri, 02 Oct 2009 08:31:14 -0700http://blog.chess.com/nocab/dismayed