Zsuzsanna (Susan) Polgar, former world women’s chess champion and a board member of the US Chess Federation (USCF), is being sued by the USCF for alleged unauthorized email access. She allegedly accessed email messages sent between other USCF boa...
HOURRAYYY! Chess.com has reached an all time high of 300,000 Members! I Congratulate and thank all the staff, erik, and of course the members that have contributed and made this site a better place. I have only been at this site for a couple of mo...
It is amazing how time flies. I have been in Chess.com a little over a year, it has been a year of many joyful Chess victories as well as devastating and frustrating losses. I have also enjoyed the privilege of meeting wonderful people in the US a...
Well, I can't believe it. Yesterday, I celebrated my one-year anniversary on chess.com. I'm very surprised that my account is still here... My experience has helped me to realize just how far an idea can go. In a year, this once-small website (wi...
Erik, the King of Chess.com , was gracious enough to grant me an interview for GameSquad, a gaming website I help to edit. I am reposting the interview here for the enjoyment of the entire Chess.com community. Again, a big thank you to Erik for ...
As of today, there are 116 332 people and six intelligent monkeys in the United States who are members of chess.com. That's quite the number, isn't it? In fact, those assorted mammals alone make up 43.7% of the site's total members. Impressi...
Dr. Emanuel Lasker geboren:24.12.1868 &nb...
I Was Tortured in der Pasadena Jailhouse! by Von Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer The World Chess Champion Die World Chess Champion Copyright (c) 1982 by Bobby Fischer Copyright (ã) 1982 von Bobby Fischer All rights reserved Alle...
Robert James (Bobby) Fischer geboren:09.03.1943 ...
Als Robert James Fischer Ende Oktober 1971 das Herausfordererrecht gegen den zehnten Weltmeister Boris Spasski erkämpft hatte, nahm in seinem Heimatland der Absatz von Schachspielen sprungartig um 20 Prozent zu. Fast jede Tages- und Wochenzei...
1970 absolvierte Robert James Fischer das hektischste Jahr seiner Karriere. Doch der Erfolg gab ihm Recht. Aus 74 Turnierpartien holte er 59 Punkte. Knapp 80 Prozent lautete die stolze Bilanz. Nach einem gemächlichen Vierteljahrhundert Schach...
I found this little gem, a King's Gambit that Nigel Short used to bring down the great Kasparov in 15 moves. Don't try this at home! I have tried to annotate the game as best as I could. I am sorry that I did not do so earlier when I ma...
In the film industry, there are many names of movie stars and other folks that have played chess. These celebrities include: Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo) Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Woody Allen, Lauren Bacall (once married to Humphrey Bogart), the B...
