Archive for December 7th, 2009

2009 London Chess Classic

Posted in England, Europe, Tournaments on Dec 7th, 2009 44 Comments »

Tomorrow will kick off the highly anticipated London Chess Classic with a marquee lineup including former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and the world’s #1 rated player in Magnus Carlsen. The field will also include current U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura and one of China’s top guns in Ni Hua. The British will trot out their top […]

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IM Michael Schleifer: 1967-2009

Posted in Canada, Drum Majors, North America, Obituary on Dec 7th, 2009 63 Comments »

IM Michael Schleifer (Canada) Photo by Mark Dutton. It is with great sadness that I learned from Neil Sullivan of the death of International Master Michael Schleifer. According to a Canadian chess board, “Chess Talk“, someone placed a call into the Montreal City morgue to verify the story. Morgue officials stated that he had died […]

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