The Indian Defense: Anand on Chess
This may be old news by now, but I'll post it anyway for those pawn jockeys that missed it. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1815747_1815707_1815674,00.html
Anand closes a deal with AMD
Ha, nice video with Anand! http://www.chess.com/video/view/anand-closes-deal-with-amd I suppose it is a good deal for him since AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors. WaldemarChessedelic.com, mind boggling chess blogging...
Vladimir Kramnik turns 33
Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) was born on 25 June 1975 in Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea in Russia. His father was Boris, a renowned sculptor and his mother was Irina, a music teacher. He learnt to play chess at the age of 5 and ...
Will Magnus Carlsen be ranked #2 in the world?
Hi all, Magnus Carlsen has just finished another fantastic tournament in Foros, Ukraine. He managed to remain undefeated and chalked up five wins. In this field that means a 2877 performance rating. Now, virtually he is the number 2 in the world w...
GM Karen Asrian dies at 28
There was very sad news today as the young Armenian GM Karen Asrian (pictured) died suddenly and unexpectedly. Early reports say that Asrian, who was just 28 years old, felt ill whilst driving in Verevan, the Armenian capital, and pulled ove...
Boris Spassky at Hay-on-Wye
Gentleman Spassky charms Hay-on-Wye Individuals who achieve greatness and fame in sports are normally remembered for their sublime skills and dramatic triumphs. It is Boris Spassky's tragedy to be forever remembered as the man who lost the Worl...
Kasparov and Spassky at Hay Festival
Chess fans in the UK will have the chance to see two giants of the game at the Hay Festival in Wales later this month. Boris Spassky (pictured) is giving a simultaneous exhibition (fully booked - I tried! ) and is also being interviewed by Ronan B...
An interview with Yelena Dembo
Yelena Dembo is a Russian born Women's Grandmaster and International Master currently rated at 2429 Elo, which places her at 43rd in the women's chess world rankings. She is also one of the top rated players at Chess.com! I...
Chess players' tactics
Here are some chess tactics to know, the first move should, take out pawn diagonal to queen, then take bishops, knights, and rooks out, then attack with all pieces at once, who knows how good your opponent will be, that will determine if it will ...
Fischer's 'widow' and nephews in legal tussle for £1m estate
Fischer's 'widow' and nephews in legal tussle for £1m estate As a chess mastermind Bobby Fischer was capable of executing manoeuvres as complicated as they were brutal. Now, following his death, the tussle over his million-pound ...
Wesley So Continues Impressive Run
Grandmaster Wesley So continued to amaze the chess world by dominating Indonesia’s top player right on his turf. So posted three straight wins in his six-game duel opposite GM Susanto Megarant...
Grand Master Anatoly Karpov to Play at Cuban Mass Match
Russian chess Grand Master and former world champion Anatoly Karpov will take part in a gigantic 4,000 chess board simultaneous match on April 21 at the University of Computer and Informatics Sciences (UCI) in Havana. Karpov was welcom...
An Interview with GM Nigel Davies
Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster from England, a popular and prolific chess author and an experienced coach. He also authored the recent Chess Mentor course, "Understanding the Colle-Zukertort" and is currently playing in a vote chess...
Happy Birthday Garry Kasparov
On April 13th, 1963 a baby boy called Karri Kimovich Weinstein was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. He went on to become better known as Garry Kasparov and dominated the chess world for decades - being recognised as the World Champion from 1985 to ...
Henrique Mecking plays again
In 1973 the Brazilian Chess Grandmaster Henrique Mecking was ranked 3rd in the World, only headed by the greats Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi. The strength of his play at a young age even drew comparisons with Bobby Fischer. However, Me...
Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra KosteniukAlexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2523, presently ranked eighth in the women chess world (according to April 2008 FIDE rating list). Her most notable chess achiev...
April FIDE rating list
The latest quarterly update to the FIDE ratings list has been published and the top 100 players and top 50 women players are shown below. Vishy Anand is the undisputed number 1 again. The 17 year-old Magnus Carlsen is a stunning 5th! ...
BOBBY FISCHER
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-18-fischer-obit_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip Bobby Fischer is the greatest player in the world. The link above was a news story from USA Today. Ray Duque III (GM-IBD) New York City
Bobby
Robert James Fischer (1943 - 2008) was brilliant at the game of chess, but not so much with the game of life. However, we should remember his genius at the board, and better understand the person. He said many things that upset a lot of peo...
Interview with the genius, Guinness world record holder Tathagat Avatar Tulsi
Tathagat Avatar Tulsi is a scientist and is most well known as a child prodigy. He is a Guinness World Record holder. He has the special distinction of being one of the world's youngest scientists. At the age of 17, he wrote a research pape...
Caruana wins Italian champioship
Italian-American GM Fabiano Curuana wins Italian championship an article about Caruana at chessbase.com http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4187 official website http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?a...
Young Superstars: Markus Ragger
Markus Ragger (born Feb 5, 1988 in Klagenfurt) is tied as the top Austrian chess player. He learned chess at the age of two from his grandparents. At six, he began playing at the club where he plays today. He plays in the German Bu...
Chess HOF-er: Friedrich Saemisch
Friedrich (Fritz) Saemisch was born on the 20th of September 1896 in Berlin, Germany. Awarded the GM title in 1950 he was the (unofficial) Austrian Champion in 1921, their first championship. His most notable match win also in 1921 was against Ric...
Young Superstars: Wesley So
Wesley So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino chess International Master who was the youngest member of the national men’s team to the Chess Olympiad (2006 - Turin, Italy) at the age of 12. He also holds the record of being the youngest Nat...