Archive for May 7th, 2010

This illustration was done by Mike Magnan of Toronto. Magnan is one of several talented chess cartoonists which include JosĂ© Diaz for Chessvibes and Rene Duret for Alexandra Kosteniuk’s site. These types of images will certainly make chess appear to be more friendly. Viswanathan Anand may have missed a crucial chance to put pressure on [...]

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Tyrone Lee, a long-time Chicago resident and chess player was killed in a car accident while traveling to Tennessee last weekend. “Ty Lee” (as he is commonly called) was a chess player known to those primarily in the Chicago area, but had chess associates around the country. He spent a number of years in the [...]

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