There is lots of fun playing fast chess online. I mean really fast, below 3 minutes. Here is a 2 min + 2 sec increment game I played against the ArrogantFrenchman on FICS. With a nick like that I was hoping to get some really arrogant remarks and I wasn’t disappointed I lost my first [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Zachary Ramsay, The Jamaica Chess Federation February 5, 2011 Davy and James Take John Powell Memorial Chess Open University of the West Indies students Damion Davy and Stuart James tied for first place in the 2012 John Powell Memorial, after both finished on 5 points from 6 games. The tournament which took [...]
One Novice Chess-Player’s Quest to Become an Instructor at the Game of Chess Studying chess each and every day for the past two years is quite an accomplishment. During this time, I’ve used my primary source for competition and learning materials to be chess.com. I’ve grown very fond of working with beginners and developing their [...]
Got quite the satisfaction researching Starcraft 2 tips in the form of videos on the internet. Many of the tips were invaluable and saved me hours of trial and error getting crushed humiliatingly online. There’s no better feeling to see instant improvement after following some ‘expert’ advice. In short the tips were practical. Don’t get [...]
After five years of success at Texas Tech, Grandmaster Susan Polgar is taking her chess institute called “SPICE” to Webster University in St. Louis. The program was built into a chess powerhouse with eight Grandmasters and two International Masters hailing from a variety of countries. The ten players will transfer to Webster University and continue [...]
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I don’t get traffic over 200 per day unless I post major some chess results. Stonemaster 284 visitors yesterday should be the highest ever for any chess blog this year. It’s good to see chess blogs working hard to increase their readership. Definitely hope to see even higher traffic to be achieved this 2012. [...]
Which one are you? Screamers People who sees something they think is wrong or unfair and screams at the top of their lungs to everybody within earshot. They are full of ideas and solutions but they generally will not take affirmative actions themselves but will put the onus on somebody else to solve or fix [...]
€49.90 €41.93 without VAT (for Customers outside the EU) $55.33 (without VAT) The above is the listed price from ChessBase Shop. You can now order this as a digital download without the expensive cost of shipping etc. However if you do not have a credit card or paypal account you can buy it from Muhammad [...]
GM Levon Aronian (Armenia)2012 Tata Steel ChampionPhoto by Fred Lucas. Levon Aronian of Armenia continues his string of career successes by adding yet another accolade. The 2012 Tata Steel at Wijk aan Zee was a powerhouse tournament with the strongest assembly of players the tournament has seen to date. Certainly, the majority of chess fans [...]
ICC vs Playchess. Price comparison ICC Playchess(basic) Playchess(Premium) Battlenet Original currency USD 69.95 USD 39.40 EURO 49.90 SGD 109.00 RM 213 120 201 265 ICC has a one day offer (today only!) with a USD 5 discount for the 3 month membership. Cost USD 19.95 (RM 60.70) Playchess definitely has a more modern [...]
Ready for a quick game? No clock? Turn your Android touch-phone into a functional chess clock by downloading the new chess app called Social Chess Clock. Pablo Ovalle told The Chess Drum, I proudly present Social Chess Clock: a free app that allows you to use your Android device as a chess clock. With this [...]
If someone had predicted that Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian would be leading the Tata Steel Chess tournament (3/4), it would not be much of a surprise. The tournament has been rather competitive with Fabiano Caruana putting in a strong performance in joint second with Teimour Radjabov on 2.5/4. There is a quintet of players [...]
Two sites that promote chess for schools and chess for kids are these on Geocities that have serious information - substantial comment and authority but presented in the form of humour. As an example for schools: “The last five decades has yielded scientific research into the benefits of chess for children and has been [...]
The Citrine is now foremost Chess Computer for all singing, all dancing electronic chess. Man, this thing aint cheap - but it justifies it’s price tag by functionality that hasn’t been seen since the partial retirement of Kasparov beater Big Blue itself.
Chess computers have come a long way from the old ‘press sensory, press harder, now [...]
Have you visited this great chess forum yet? It’s a perfect place to whine about those awful chess retailers or something else about the game, questions (why does the horsey have to move in that awkward way?), opinions, etc. Maybe you have a question about the origin of the game, or want to find out where [...]
This was posted (by me) on Matt Cutts site (Goolges face to the world) - I want to know that someone from Google knows about this.
Has anyone noticed that with the browser ie7 the google search facility (generally top right) only has searches through Google.com if Google are chosen for searching the web? So if you’re in [...]
The 1886 London International Chess Tournament played host to some of the greatest players of its day and left us with many interesting games to analyze over the years. One participant of interest was an up and coming American chess player by the name of Samuel Lipschutz, who had the seemingly unfortunate luck of having to face the legendary [...]
SOFIA, BULGARIA – Viswanathan Anand defeated Veselin Topalov with the Black pieces in the 12th and deciding game of their world championship match today to retain his title by a score of 6.5 to 5.5. Topalov’s 32. exf4 may go down as one of the most controversial moves in world chess championship history. Topalov simply [...]
We wanted to welcome the new year in with a bang, so we are introducing our new Traditional Staunton Chess Sets! These beautiful sets feature a standard Staunton-style piece and come in a variety of colors. The king height stands at just under 4″ on these babies and every piece is weighted. Along with the [...]