Chicago blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, has died! What a loss to the World! Koko you will be MISSED!! News Release from Alligator Records. Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, died on June 3, 2009 in her home... Read more »
What: Swiss Tournament Where: A Place For Us Cafe 5726 W 63rd St Chicago, IL 60638 When: Jul 25, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Description: Four rounds. Digital clocks are preferred and will be set to G/45 plus 3 seconds delay. Accelerated or decelerated pai... Read more »
Hello My Chess friends, Most of you may have noticed my decline in participation in my groups and such. I help found the Black Shield Assassins and now can no longer function actively with them. I feel that my friends here deserve an explanation.... Read more »
My fellow Chess enthusiasts, I implore you to support Chicago's bid to host the World Chess Olympiad in 2016. You may ask, "Why Chicago?" I respond that so far NO city in America has ever had the opportunity to host the Olympiad. Chicago with it... Read more »
In my training for the Chicago Open I have been reading quite a few books and came across these problems that illustrate a couple of traps that you can fall into and I figured I would share them. Here is the Knight problem. And now for the B... Read more »
In this game I played better than average. I credit this to IM Khmelnitsky, FM Schiller and IM Kopec who have been working with me to prepare for the Chicago Open. Read more »
Today while taking care of my orchids I thought just how similar growing them is to growing in chess. I got started with orchids years ago with a small Zygopetalum mackayi and struggled to keep it alive. It looks like this year it will bloom! Th... Read more »
I watched this and recommend it to all fans of Chess and Polgar. It is a great show on her and how the Chess mind works. Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Read more »
In my daily wanderings across the web I came across a couple of videos of Kasparov playing in a Simul where Sting was. It seems that Sting is a big fan of chess and he on his villa in Tuscany (300-hectare estate) he has a giant chess board on the ... Read more »
In my research for folklore of the Faeries of Ireland and Chess I stumbled across two pawn formations that have Irish names. There are arguments in both academic and ecclesiastical circles as to whether this pawn formation is due to Ireland being... Read more »
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