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 Mark Levitt has won the SA chess champion four times. Two years ago, wanting to do something for himself that combined his love of chess and business, he founded ChessCube.com. ChessCube has over 6,00,000 registered users! He has founded or been a...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/chessbase-icc-havent-leveraged-the-social-networksSun, 02 Aug 2009 20:18:52 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/chessbase-icc-havent-leveraged-the-social-networksGM Surya Shekhar Ganguly having FIDE rating of 2637 holds the record for the six consecutive Indian National Chess Championships. He played a crucial role working as second of Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship against Kramnik. ...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/interview-with-gm-surya-gangulyWed, 15 Jul 2009 20:43:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/interview-with-gm-surya-gangulyAll India Chess Federation took an important decision to revoke a one year ban on Grand Master G.N. Gopal. The decision was taken at the Central Council and Annul General Meeting in Chennai. Grand Master G.N. Gopal finally got th...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/all-india-chess-federation-revokes-ban-on-gopalFri, 03 Jul 2009 20:38:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/all-india-chess-federation-revokes-ban-on-gopalUnder the leadership of USCF President Bill Goichberg, Vice President Jim Berry, VP of Finance Randy Bauer and Executive Director Bill Hall, the United States Chess Federation lost approximately 1,500 members (according to Mik...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/uscf-lost-1500-members-and-420000Sat, 16 May 2009 20:30:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/uscf-lost-1500-members-and-420000In this interview with GM Mikhail Golubev, he talks about his transition from playing to writing, his books, experiences working with Karpov, Korchnoi and Ponomariov, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE and ACP. This interview has been posted...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/interview-with-gm-mikhail-golubevFri, 20 Mar 2009 06:44:19 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/interview-with-gm-mikhail-golubev Chess tournament with no entry fees, free lunch and participation certificates, trophies sounds interesting, isn't it?It is certainly not an easy job to organize a Chess tournament. Organizers need to have enough funds for the tournam...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/chess-tournament-with-no-entry-fee-and-free-lunch-certificates-trophiesMon, 09 Feb 2009 20:38:20 -0800http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/chess-tournament-with-no-entry-fee-and-free-lunch-certificates-trophies Very interesting position! isn't it? This is regarding the protest related to the sudden death game between Ms Monika Socko (white) and Ms Sabina-Francesca Foisor (black) where, in the final position, both players had a king an...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/women-world-chess-championship-appeals-committee-ruledFri, 05 Sep 2008 08:20:37 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/women-world-chess-championship-appeals-committee-ruledGujarat the first and only state government in India to start chess programs in SchoolsWritten by content team 27 May 2008 Chess has been part of the curriculum for most Russian schools for over ...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/gujarat-the-first-and-only-state-government-in-india-to-start-chess-programs-in-schoolsTue, 27 May 2008 18:36:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/gujarat-the-first-and-only-state-government-in-india-to-start-chess-programs-in-schools Recently the FIDE Trainer and Instructor Courses was held in India for the first time at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on May 1. Among the 19 chess trainers who came from all over India, four got FIDE Chess Train...http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/india-got-19-fide-licensed-chess-trainersTue, 27 May 2008 18:25:56 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sandeepg/india-got-19-fide-licensed-chess-trainers