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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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on Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:35am.
The post-game press conferences of the World Chess Championship have been delayed by more than half an hour as each player, Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, had to take their mandatory drug tests. Anand calls it completely point... Read more »
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on Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:43pm.
The latest news item is the chess-playing hacker, David Carl Kernell. David was born on October 27, 1986. His parents are Michael Kernell, Tennessee democratic state senator from the 93rd district in Memphis, and Lillian Landrigan, medical doc... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:49pm.
The Black Krazy Kat is a defensive system for Black where the black pawns are on f6 and g6, the knight is on f7 and the bishop is on g7. A typical opening setup is 1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 f6 4. Bc4 Nf7 5.Nf3 (or other moves) 5...Bg7. Yo... Read more »
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on Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:47pm.
The moves 1.e4 b6 is known as Owen's Defense, Queen Fianchetto, or the Greek Defense. It was popularized by John Owen (1827-1901), an English vicar who played under the pseudonym 'Alter.' In 1858, he used this opening to beat Paul Morp... Read more »