Posted in Norway, USA, Videos on Nov 29th, 2009 11 Comments »
America’s #1 player Hikaru Nakamura is riding a successful year with several strong results including the U.S. Championship title and victories in San Sebastian and Mainz. He flamed out in Melody Amber after falling ill and finishing with a horrible score, but stated that December would be a pivotal moment for him and he looked [...]
Posted in Zimbabwe on Oct 26th, 2009 3 Comments »
Street Gamblers’ Latest Find Richmore Tera and Nyore Madzianike 20 October 2009 Harare — LUNCHTIME in the streets of Harare has been spent in different ways over the years ranging from having eats, just relaxing, playing draughts, tsoro and lately computer games. A new form of whiling up lunchtime has since emerged in the form [...]
Posted in Drum Majors on Sep 15th, 2009 36 Comments »
New York is known by most accounts to be the “Mecca” of American chess. There are so many legendary stories borne in the “Big Apple” including Bobby Fischer and Hikaru Nakamura fame. Other colorful personalities such as Maurice Ashley and Asa Hoffman have made their marks. The latter being known as a famous chess hustler. [...]
Posted in Norway, Tournaments, Videos on Jan 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Russian Champion Peter Svidler won the Aker Chess Challenge beating Magnus Carlsen in the blitz finale. Carlsen had defeated Hikaru Nakamura the previous round in a highly-charged blitz battle. The two had played two rapid games in the previous round with Nakamura taking 1.5/2. However this rematch was soon to set the board ablaze. U.S. [...]
Posted in Tournaments, USA on Sep 27th, 2008 25 Comments »
Baltimore vs. Philadelphia 2008 A match that has finally ended! by Dr. Kimani Stancil 2.exd5 Nxd5 3.Qc5 Ndf4 4.Nd6 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Bxf3 6.Qd7 Rf8 [6...Nh8?? played in game.] 7.gxf3 Qxf3 8.Bd5 Nxh3+ 9.Kh2 Qxf2+ 10.Bg2 Ngf4=/+ 1–0 in actual game… (See position) The position above, an idea from Akeem came up in analysis. Unfortunately, in [...]
Posted in Tournaments, USA on Sep 19th, 2008 31 Comments »
There has been a lot of buzz going on about the match tomorrow (September 20th) between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Both sides have been trash-talking and Philly is looking to avenge their 14-12 loss. This battle has become a fierce rivalry and it’s time to settle the score for once and for all. Will Baltimore blast [...]
Posted in Tournaments, USA on Sep 3rd, 2008 38 Comments »
Philadelphia (left) faces off against Baltimore! Photo by Michael Willliams. Players from Baltimore locked horns with rivals from Philadelphia to engage in the annual match for bragging rights on the east coast. The match took place in Delaware (Pennsylvania) at the home of Malik Rogers. Baltimore avenged their loss from last year’s sound beating by [...]
Posted in Tournaments on Jun 3rd, 2008 6 Comments »
Hello, I am emailing to inform you about the upcoming quick chess tournament this weekend at Chicago State University. We will have 2 tournaments in the next two months. The 1st one is on June 14th and the 2nd is on July 12, 2008. The Entry fee is $15 and the prize fund is $350 [...]
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