Cheats,Spies,Crooks and Commies
Washington PostNikolai Krylenko, the Soviet Commissar of Justice and Prosecutor General, used to sentence innocent people to death in show trials in the 1930s, until he himself perished in 1938 in...
View ArticleLaszlo Nagy:Chess Promoter Helped Bring Down Berlin Wall
SOPRONPUSZTA, Hungary – It was a picnic that changed the course of history.Twenty years ago Wednesday, members of Hungary's budding opposition organized a picnic at the border with Austria to press for...
View ArticleMalaysian Chess PLayers Sweep Tournament
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysian chess players made a clean sweep of all the four gold medals offered in chess competitions on the final day of the Asean Para Games (KL 09) at the National...
View ArticleMalaysia's Main Man of Chess
The Star OnlineBy By QUAH SENG SUNDatuk Tan Chin Nam is regarded as the driving force behind chess in Malaysia.IT’S been nine months since I last met Datuk Tan Chin Nam in Penang. That Sunday in...
View ArticleTragic Coulsdon chess girl's mother pays tribute on her third anniversary
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 11:00By Brian Haranbrian.haran@essnmedia.co.ukThe grieving mother of a chess starlet who fell 65 feet to her death has spoken of the poignant moments this time of year...
View ArticleCuban Chess Players Attend World Cup
Cuban chess players attend World Cup www.chinaview.cn HAVANA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cuban chess players Leinier Dominguez, Lazaro Bruzon and Fidel Corrales will represent Cuba at the World Cup of...
View ArticleOusted members of Florida chess board sue to reclaim their volunteer positions
ST.PETERSBURG TIMESBy Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, August 26, 2009 ST. PETERSBURG — The future of chess belongs to the young. On this, these chess fanatics agree.As for everything else,...
View ArticleUSCF Cuts Scholastic's/FIDE Director Position
Letter From Jerry Nash By Bill Hall August 26, 2009 Due to unfortunate but necessary cutbacks, the USCF is cutting the position of Scholastic and FIDE Director. Jerry Nash's last day in the office was...
View ArticleOnline chess Business ChessCube Receives US $1.25m VC Funding
Online chess Business ChessCube Receives US $1.25m VC FundingWritten by content team 27 August 2009ChessCube has concluded a US$1.25m funding agreement with Venture Capital fund, InVenFin (Pty) Ltd....
View ArticleKuala Lumpur: Chess Recognized as a SPORT
Ministry Ready To Support Development Of Chess As A Sport - Ahmad ShaberyKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Youth and Sports has agreed to include chess in their development programme...
View ArticleChess Champ Enthrals School Children
The Times of IndiaHUBLI: In an effort to inspire the young to develop a passion for chess, chess champion Sharad Vaze played simultaneous chess with 20 schoolchildren in Hubli on Sunday. In a...
View ArticleMan Murdered in Chess Game
IOWA CITY, Iowa - According to a court filing, an Iowa City man will plead guilty to a lesser charge in the death of his opponent in a chess game. The filing made Thursday in Johnson County District...
View ArticleBulgaria Bids to Host Chess World Championship
Bulgaria Bids to Host Chess World Championship byPetar KostadinovBulgaria wants to host the 2010 world chess crown match between Bulgarian grandmaster Vesselin Topalov and world champion Viswanathan...
View ArticleAstronaut Fuglesang in trouble – in space chess game
Astronaut Fuglesang in trouble – in space chess game09.09.2009 ChessbaseOn August 28 Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang blasted off into space, on the 128th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program....
View ArticleKayden Troff: Utah's Chess Prodigy
ABC Channel 4 Salt Lake City, UtahKayden Troff is a Utah chess prodigy! At age eleven he is the reigning Utah state champion for all ages for several time controls: Game in one hour, Game in 15 minutes...
View ArticleAnand is World Champion
From:English.news.cn 2010-05-14 07:34:50 SOFIA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, 40, was officially crowned here on Thursday as the world chess champion for the 2010-2011.The...
View ArticleChess Scholar All Around Best
Kansas City StarMay 16th,2010During their first days at Lawrence High School, packs of sophomores are led into the gymnasium during a sort of guided tour and directed to scan the school’s state...
View ArticleWhy Kasparov Supports Karpov
By Larry Parrwith permissionKASPAROV'S SPEECH TO THE RUSSIAN CHESS FEDERATION I could answer some questions, but maybe I would rather address a common falsification of facts that is going on in the...
View ArticleCarlsen Vs Anand 2007
Carlsen vs Anand 2007http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGZlUCFNU4Could this be a preview of the next championship? Has Carlsen improved enough under the mentoring of Kasparov to capture the title from...
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Us Chess Championship: Log-jam at the Top of the Leader Board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Mike Wilmering Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Log-jam at the Top of Leader Board By FM Mike Klein Saint Louis, May 17, 2010 –With...
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New PC Chess Software: Battle vs Chess
Fritz ChessChampionship Chess (Supercharged Chess with Stunning 3D Graphics!)Topware has released new screenshots from their upcoming game Battle vs Chess, developed by Zuxxez Entertainment.Battle vs...
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US Chess Championship Final Four
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Mike Wilmering Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Cream of the Crop for Quad Final By FM Mike Klein Saint Louis, May 20, 2010 –Four...
View ArticleChess Power Struggle
By Stuart Williams MOSCOW — It pitches a former world champion against the leader of the world's western-most Buddhist region who claims to have met aliens in his apartment.For good measure, it also...
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Karpov and Kasparov Unite to Conquer FIDE Presidency
Nobody could doubt Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s devotion to chess. As president of the impoverished Russian republic of Kalmykia, he spent £60m building a Chess City where visitors could play in comfort. He...
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