Submitted by
on Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:44pm.
My first chess set in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a chess set from E.S. Lowe Company, Inc. They were cheap, hollow plastic chess sets that came with a red and black chess board. They were not weighted, and I filled in my chess pieces wi... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:32pm.
"An Invitation to Chess: A Picture Guide to the Royal Game" was one of the first books I read when I started playing chess in the 1960s. It explained the chessmen, the moves, the object of the game, and it had lots of pictures and chess diagrams... Read more »
Submitted by
on Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:37pm.
International Business Machines (IBM) has been involved with chess for a long time. IBM has always been a staunch supporter and sponsor of chess tournaments.In 1956, IBM was looking for computer programmers. IBM put an ad in the December 1956 ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Nov 8, 2009 12:51pm.
Some people have compared that an International Grandmaster (GM or IGM) title is equivalent to a Ph.D. in Chess. But a chess player who wishes to become a Grandmaster does not enroll in an accredited university and take classes, get assigned a t... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Nov 6, 2009 8:44pm.
In 1987, the Grandmaster Association (GMA) was founded by Garry Kasparov and Bessel Kok to give a voice to grandmasters that were dissatisfied with the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The GMA soon disbanded.In 1993, the Professional Chess Associa... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:52pm.
In 1957, Ian Fleming (1908-1964) wrote From Russia, With Love, his fifth James Bond novel (after Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, and Diamonds are Forever). His first book that mentioned chess was Moonraker, published in 1955. Flemi... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:50pm.
Willy Iclicki was born in Belgium on January 12, 1955 and later settled in Monaco. In 1988-89 he was the organizer of the Iclicki Master tournaments. He was elected FIDE Treasurer in 1990 and served until 1999. He was editor of Echess from 1... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:06pm.
As of June 13, 2009, there are four players rated over 2800 (chess.com ratings). The players are:
Ouachita (Bobby Johnson) - 2848 LucidDream - 2833 Nonnetrovouno - 2808 cuendillar - 2807
None of these top four players seem to have any ti... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Jun 1, 2009 11:09am.
We all have heard that chess makes you smart (whether true or not), but can chess help you become valedictorian? My nephew, Jonathan Wall (who plays chess on chess.com), graduated this weekend in Miami and was class valedictorian. He was als... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:59am.
It is estimated that 700 million people know how to play chess. It is estimated that over 200 million people play chess online. There are about 8 million registered chess players with various chess federations. FIDE, the world chess federati... Read more »