Archive for February 24th, 2014

Malawi and Tanzania Chess in Action!

Posted in Africa, Malawi, Media Stories, Tanzania on Feb 24th, 2014 2 Comments »

Shortly after the Chess Federation of Malawi (CHESSAM) had announced an invitation to Tanzania for a test match, FIDE announced a K4.6m grant (US$10,000) for setting up a secretariat for the Chess-in-Schools. FIDE Vice President Lewis Ncube announced the grant to the officials of CHESSAM. Kezzie Msukwa was on hand to receive the grant and […]

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Ashley: Why should Chess exist at all?

Posted in Drum Majors, Millionaire Chess, Tournaments on Feb 24th, 2014 7 Comments »

GM Maurice Ashley sent this in the Millionaire Chess newsletter on February 20th to address responses that were part of a lively Facebook post on February 16th. The thread has generated more than 200 comments concerning the Millionaire Chess Open to take place this October. Several players chimed in including GMs Michal Krasenkow, Robert Hess […]

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