Submitted by on Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:50pm.
Nineteen players appeared for the TNF, with John Lewis acting as "Houseman" to even out the field for round one. Form held in the first round, with four players, Walter Gordon, Jr & Sr, who must drive a long distance to make it to the House, a... Read more »
Submitted by on Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:20am.
CHESS LIFE ONLINE (Ray and Darmen Tie; Ray Wins Armageddon) reports only the results of the open section of the Miami Open. The lack of info emanating from the tournament makes one think of North Korea! It can be best summed up by what was written... Read more »
Submitted by on Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:32pm.
At the end of the Bilbao tournament there were eight Grandmasters rated over 2750, according to the Live Ratings website. I can only dream of the halcyon days of old with candidate matches. If we could return to those days, with the match-ups bein... Read more »
Submitted by on Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:14am.
Humpy Koneru lost the semi-final match for the championship of the female chess world to Hou Yifan, a 14 year-old girl. Sorta elimanates "nurture" from the nature vs nurture question, does it not?It was a close match, with the players splitting th... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:16pm.
After reading this comment left on the Chicago Blaze blog: (9/11/2008: The Chicago Blaze are excited about their first USCL victory, a 4-0 sweep over Tennessee. )Anonymous said...The backwoods Tennessee team must have been out late the night befor... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:14pm.
The World Championship match where Viswanathan Anand will defends his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany will now take place October 14th-2nd November, 2008.Blossom Goodchild’s Predicted Mass UFO Sighting An Aussie actress... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:31am.
Twenty one players entered the TNF, including Joe Moon and his little brother, Ben. Things pretty much held form in the first round, except for Shawn Zhu's (836) win over Frankie Sanders (450). These were the two lowest rated players and should no... Read more »
Submitted by on Mon Sep 8, 2008 2:23pm.
I have been asked by Ron Benel (1624 Reg; 1286 p Quick) to post that he and Charles Curry (1807 Reg; 1645 Quick) will be coming to the House Wednesday evening for the G/15. They are hungry to play chess, but do not wish to see their hard-earned Re... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Sep 2, 2008 10:40pm.
Twenty four players sat down for the first round of the TNF, two of whom were House men, as one player came late and was paired with houseman #2. So much for the rule concerning showing up on time...May as well go ahead and call in your entry as t... Read more »
Submitted by on Mon Sep 1, 2008 10:21pm.
The winner of the Georgia State Chess Championship in 1948 and 1959, A C Davis died Saturday.From the Atlanta Journal and Constitution:AC Davis, 94, chess devotee, supervisor at Southern Bell Read more »