Archive for July 13th, 2007

9th All-Africa Games: The Kenyan Principle

Posted in Africa, Kenya, Tournaments on Jul 13th, 2007 4 Comments »

 Kenyan ace, Ben Magana  I have found a story on the Kenyan team and their strategy to field their boards in reverse order… from weakest to strongest. This is sometimes called “stacking” your boards. The idea is that the lower boards will be sure points and anything the top board can get will be a […]

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The $50,000 Game

Posted in Opinion/Editorials, USA on Jul 13th, 2007 1 Comment »

U.S. Chess Life online ran a story about IM Greg Shahade who was in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. His sister WGM Jennifer Shahade had won $8,000 and both Greg and father FM Michael Shahade were on the tables. After the WSOP, Greg was contacted by “Danny” who set up a chess […]

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