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Chessbase, ICC haven't leveraged the social networks

Submitted by sandeepg on Sun Aug 2, 2009 8:18pm.

Mark Levitt has won the SA chess champion four times. Two years ago, wanting to do something for himself that combined his love of chess and business, he founded ChessCube.com. ChessCube has over 6,00,000 registered users! He has founded or been a... Read more »

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Interview with GM Surya Ganguly

Submitted by sandeepg on Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:43pm.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly having FIDE rating of 2637 holds the record for the six consecutive Indian National Chess Championships. He played a crucial role working as second of Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship against Kramnik. ... Read more »

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All India Chess Federation revokes ban on Gopal

Submitted by sandeepg on Fri Jul 3, 2009 8:38pm.

All India Chess Federation took an important decision to revoke a one year ban on Grand Master G.N. Gopal. The decision was taken at the Central Council and Annul General Meeting in Chennai. Grand Master G.N. Gopal finally got th... Read more »

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USCF lost 1,500 members and $420,000!

Submitted by sandeepg on Sat May 16, 2009 8:30pm.

Under the leadership of USCF President Bill Goichberg, Vice President Jim Berry, VP of Finance Randy Bauer and Executive Director Bill Hall, the United States Chess Federation lost approximately 1,500 members (according to Mik... Read more »

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Interview with GM Mikhail Golubev

Submitted by sandeepg on Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:44am.

In this interview with GM Mikhail Golubev, he talks about his transition from playing to writing, his books, experiences working with Karpov, Korchnoi and Ponomariov, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE and ACP. This interview has been posted... Read more »

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Chess tournament with no entry fee and free lunch, certificates, trophies!

Submitted by sandeepg on Mon Feb 9, 2009 8:38pm.

Chess tournament with no entry fees, free lunch and participation certificates, trophies sounds interesting, isn't it?It is certainly not an easy job to organize a Chess tournament. Organizers need to have enough funds for the tournam... Read more »

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Wome'n World Chess Championship: Appeals Committee ruled

Submitted by sandeepg on Fri Sep 5, 2008 8:20am.

Very interesting position! isn't it? This is regarding the protest related to the sudden death game between Ms Monika Socko (white) and Ms Sabina-Francesca Foisor (black) where, in the final position, both players had a king an... Read more »

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Gujarat the first and only state government in India to start chess programs in Schools

Submitted by sandeepg on Tue May 27, 2008 6:36pm.

Gujarat the first and only state government in India to start chess programs in SchoolsWritten by content team 27 May 2008 Chess has been part of the curriculum for most Russian schools for over ... Read more »

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India got 19 FIDE Licensed Chess Trainers!

Submitted by sandeepg on Tue May 27, 2008 6:25pm.

Recently the FIDE Trainer and Instructor Courses was held in India for the first time at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on May 1. Among the 19 chess trainers who came from all over India, four got FIDE Chess Train... Read more »

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