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 About five years ago, one of my most favorite and one of my most difficult student asked me a casual question over a cup of coffee in Starbucks. "Why is it Ok for people to agree on draws in chess before the start of a game, isn't that match fixin...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/draw6Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:21:33 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/draw6   It is high time that I write a blog about piracy as I have had countless discussions with my friends and family regarding this topic and it is definitely worth sharing with the world. The word 'piracy' really does not mean much to most people...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/piracyFri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:33 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/piracyAfter a good night's sleep I made sure that all the rooms got at least two wakeup calls the next morning. I went down to have breakfast around 9.30 am and half the team had already finished their breakfast while the remaining decided to skip it. T...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors-2009---the-indian-perspective---conclusion-part-2Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:10:11 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors-2009---the-indian-perspective---conclusion-part-2I was hopping around the spectators area in the tournament hall like a mad frog in total anxiety as Soumya Swaminathan, the only medal aspirant for the Indian team, was finishing her penultimate (12th)round game against the Peruvian WIM Cori Tello...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors-2009---the-indian-perspective---conclusion-part-1Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:07:00 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors-2009---the-indian-perspective---conclusion-part-1If you are a parent with two kids and one of them is going through tremendous success while the other is just downright depressed? What do you do? Very delicate aint it? I guess only a parent will be able to answer this, but I feel I am in a simil...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors---the-indian-perspective---end-of-round-10Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:37:36 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors---the-indian-perspective---end-of-round-10When a Roger Federer set foot onto the pale green grass in the Wimbledon this year, nothing less than the championship was expected from him. When a Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar walks into the cricket ground with his cricket bat nothing less than a cen...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors---the-indian-perspective---end-of-round-5Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:03:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-juniors---the-indian-perspective---end-of-round-5It was 2 pm in the afternoon and as always I was packing my bags in the last minute to catch a flight at 5.30 in the evening. For some reason it has become extremely difficult for me not to finish any task before its ultimate deadline in my life. ...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-junoirs---the-indian-perspectiveSat, 24 Oct 2009 12:34:07 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/world-junoirs---the-indian-perspectiveIt has been a while since I blogged, it is probably because I am busy training a lot of chess and playing many tournaments, Naahhhh.... It is because I am just lazy! I have realized my passion for writing or to be precise, express myself. There ha...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/a-21st-century-marvelWed, 12 Aug 2009 15:28:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/a-21st-century-marvelBarcelona is a very nice place to stay with plenty of things to do. For the last couple of weeks we have been engaging ourselves in different leisurely activities here ranging from swimming in some of the best beaches to cooking, napping and ofcou...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/10-hours-of-driving-9-hours-of-chess-and-3-hours-of-crazinessTue, 16 Jun 2009 03:55:16 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/10-hours-of-driving-9-hours-of-chess-and-3-hours-of-crazinessAfter months of planning and endless conference calls we (2 Grand Masters and 2 International Masters) decided to make this Eurotrip happen. For those who have an American passport or a European union passport, it will be hard to understand why so...http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/desi-eurotrip-2009Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:55:16 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thamizhan/desi-eurotrip-2009