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Tromso Follies
I love chess olympiads. The great players, the pageantry, the drama, and, most of all, the unrelenting weirdness of the lower boards. What do I mean by that? Well, because the event is open to all countries, a wildly eclectic mix of professiona...
Clash of Champions: Alekhine vs. Euwe (1937 Rematch)
After winning the world championship title from Alexander Alekhine in 1935, Max Euwe did something rare -- he voluntarily gave his opponent a rematch, without putting obstacles in the way or seeking a weaker opponent to play first. The rematch t...
The Difficult Opponent
The Kryptonite Effect Many fans of chess are confused when one player in the world’s top 10 totally dominates another top 10 player in game after game. How does one explain this? In boxing they say “styles make fights.&rdquo...
Will Hope Be Krushed at Death Match 26?
For just the second time, Chess.com's Death Match will feature two ladies. GM Nadezhda Kosintseva will take on GM Irina Krush in Death Match 26 on Saturday, July 26 at 12 p.m. Eastern (GMT -5), 9 a.m. Pacific. The event will be live on Chess.com...
Hungarian over the board chess tournaments 2014 Aug...December
Respected Chessfriend, Pls tell your GM-IM norm seeker pupils and chessfriends in your country, from 2nd - until 12th August FIRST SATURDAY we have GM and IM tournament in Budapest. We have some vacancies yet. The next tournaments: 1. 10th-16th...
Clash of Champions: Capablanca vs. Lasker
After taking the title from Wilhelm Steinitz in 1894, Emanuel Lasker won a rematch against Steinitz in 1897. His reign as world champion lasted until 1921, and the 27 years he spent on the throne were the longest anyone has remained world champion...
Vacancy in the First Saturday Budapest 5th-15th July IM tournament
We miss a player with around 2250-2300 ELO from the world. Who does want to come now to play for the IM-norm? The list of the players: SZEBERENYI, Adam IM 2316 HUN FARAGO, Sandor IM 2249 HUN SZALANCZY, Emil IM 2280 HUN KISLIK, Erik Andrew IM 2...
A New Yorker and a Nomad to Contest Death Match 25
At the age of 17, GM Boris Avrukh moved from Kazakhstan to Israel. Next month, he will move thousands of miles again, this time to the U.S. IM Yaacov Norowitz's big move? New York to New Jersey. Despite the oceans of difference, the two will conte...
Kuwaiti-Hungarian youth friendship chess events in Budapest
There is a youth blitz and rapid tournament in Budapest, 14-17th June, organized by IO Nagy, the owner of the First Saturday monthly events.
The Kolisch Supplement
Recently, IM Jeremy Silman contributed an article featuring the talent of Ignatz Kolisch, one of the strongest, if not the strongest, player during the 1860s. Mr. Silman's article, Kolisch: Unknown Tactical Monster, demonstrated Kolis...
8 Turkmeni chessplayers in the First Saturday 3rd-13th May Budapest chess tournaments
We have started our events, 8 players from Turkmenistan plays here. In the first round the USA player, Mr IM Justin Sarkar won against the Turkmeni IM Maksat Atabayev. www.firstsaturday.hu
Blind Simul
Paul Morphy 1870 Morphy in his time was known for, among other things, his blindfold play, a skill he developed purposefully and gradually. Almost all chess players know of his famous blindf...
3 IGM-s in the First Saturday 3rd-13th May Budapest GM tournaments
The 3 IGM-s who will play: SERES, Lajos /HUN/, KOSIC, Dragan /MNE/ and BLOMQVIST, Erik (SWE). In the IM section the IM-s: SZALANCZY, Emil (HUN), SZEBERENYI, Adam /HUN/, MATHE, Gaspar /HUN/, AL-ALI, Hussein Ali Hussein /IRQ/. Who does wish more i...
Two World Champions to Battle in Strongest Death Match Ever
The current World Blitz Champion, GM Le Quang Liem, and the former World Junior Champion, GM Dmitry Andreikin, will face off in Death Match 24 on Saturday, May 3, 2014. Their average FIDE rating of 2716 makes this the highest-rated Death Matc...
Indonesian player FM Sean Winshand Cuhendi won the April First Saturday GM event in Budapest
Two players reached the IM-norm, FM Sean from INA and FM Petrov (RUS) the next First Saturday GM IM FM events schedules: 3rd-13th May, 7th-17th June, 5th-15th July, 2nd-12th August, 6th-16th Sept, etc. IO Nagy Laszlo - www.firstsaturday.hu
Best of Three Sets: Tennis Players Ju and Esserman in Death Match
In the 1990s, when Pete Sampras dominated Wimbledon, he would sometimes win entire matches without a rally longer than a few hits. Expect the same this Saturday, as two energetic blitz specialists (and talented tennis players) lace up for Death Ma...
Paul Morphy's Chess Strength
Paul Morphy, Spring Hill College, 1854 This is a highly unusual article for me. I have no love for chess engines. Additionally, I have severe reservations about trying to compare modern players with 19th cenutry players. It has alwa...
First Saturday Budapest chess tournaments 5th-16th April Budapest
We will start our forthcoming GM-IM-ELO closed tournaments on 5th April. The GM-s who will play: IGM VARGA, Zoltan /HUN/, IGM CZEBE, Attila /HUN/, IGM SERES, Lajos /HUN/. We have some vacancies yet in all groups. Our site is: www.firstsaturday.hu
Double Dutch at Death Match 22
You might think that two boys from the Netherlands, born on exactly the same day and both reaching the upper echelons of chess, would have met even earlier. It took them about a decade, and by the time they did, they weren't equals. "I think we ...
First Saturday Budapest March GM-IM tournament
On 1st March we have started the event, we have 40 players now in 4 groups. In the GM section we have 10 players, the GM norm is 7 points, ELO average 2430. In the IN section we have 10 players, the ELO average is 2272, IM-norm 7 points. The w...
The Rock Scrapbook
Scrapbook Prologue: The U.S. Open chess tournament has been around since 1900 when it was called the Western Chess Association Championship and first won by Louis Uedemann, the creator of the Uedemann Code which ...
Chess.com Player Profiles: FM Mike Klein
If there is such a thing as a chess traveler or chess nomad, then FIDE Master Mike Klein is one of them. He is also a popular chess writer, coach and journalist, and for Klein chess is a pleasant way to make his way through life. Here at Chess.com...
Special Article About Robert James Fischer
Hi all! In my previous article (Who's your favourite World champion), the most of peoples voted for Fischer. Robert James Fischer (Chicago, 1943. March 9. – Reykjavik, 2008. January 17.) the 10th World Chess Champion. He played a match with Max...