When somebody outside of the chess world hears "He/she's a chess player", there are certain pre-programmed misconceptions that automatically fill the mind. While some of these ideas may be based on legitimate stereotypes supported by... Read more »
Yes, the 36 player field, swiss tournament took place May 15-23 but the focus of this article is on the nine Brilliancy Prizes given, one for each round. Each was determined by a public vote. The nine dia... Read more »
Magnus Carlsen, born November 30, 1990, learned chess at the age of eight and lives in Baerum, Norway, just outside Oslo. He received the title of International Master in 2003. The next year, he gained 300 rating points. In Corus... Read more »
Well, we had a few really interesting things happen in the last few days, so I thought I would post on them!Today when we woke up one of our servers was acting funky. It was up and running, but it wasn't allowing us to login. We weren't su... Read more »
The international chess festival is going to be held at Predeal , Romania. This is the largest of its kind in Romania. It is composed of five separate tournaments with about 500 players from five continents paricipating: The World Amateur Chess Ch... Read more »
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