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2009 CalChess Grade Level Championship: Part 2
Mihir Bhuptani poses behind his trophy with coach Chris Torres. Wall Chart. 2009 CalChess State Grade Level: Kindergarten (standings) # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1… more →
Chess Musings
Catching up
chesscentral wrote 2 days ago: I owe you an apology for not keeping up with chess news as it came in. ChessCentral has been so swam … more →
At the Classics
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Nikita wrote 6 days ago: Results: Round 4 – Saturday 12th December On the way to the Olympia Centre – where the L … more →
Opus 8 at the Classics
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Nikita wrote 1 week ago: Magnus Carlsen from Norway - is he the Mozart of Chess? The Big Eight and…this is my ticket fo … more →
London Chess Classic
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chesscentral wrote 1 week ago: The London Chess Classic is underway, with Round One played yesterday (12/8). Two of the four games … more →
Gelfand wins World Cup semi-final
chesscentral wrote 1 week ago: GM Boris Gelfand swept his opponent Sergey Karjakin 2-0 in the semi-finals of the FIDE World Cup cur … more →
FIDE World Cup bids "so long" to So
chesscentral wrote 2 weeks ago: Teenaged phenom GM Wesley So of the Philippines (not China, as was previously erroneously reported h … more →
GM So takes another scalp; Ivanchuk "unretires"
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chesscentral wrote 2 weeks ago: Chinese GM Wesley So toppled another world-class grandmaster at the FIDE World Cup currently underwa … more →
GM Ivanchuk says "I quit"
chesscentral wrote 3 weeks ago: Ukranian GM Vassily Ivanchuk has announced his retirement from chess. The startling statement came h … more →
FIDE World Cup underway
chesscentral wrote 3 weeks ago: In case you missed the news, the FIDE World Cup is being played right now in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia … more →
2009 CalChess Grade Level Championship: Part 2
chessmusings wrote 4 weeks ago: Mihir Bhuptani poses behind his trophy with coach Chris Torres. Wall Chart. 2009 CalChess State Grad … more →
CalChess Grade Level Championship
chessmusings wrote 4 weeks ago: This weekend I am enjoying my duties as a coach at the CalChess Grade Level Championship in Stockton … more →
Satisfactory results with GMs on my last tournament in Bad Wiessee (GER)
nefryt27 wrote 1 month ago: [Event "13 OIBM"] [Site "Bad Wiessee"] [Date "2009.11.03"] [Round "4.12"] [White "Nguyen, Piotr"] [B … more →
Tal Memorial 2009: Round 7
chessmusings wrote 1 month ago: In round 7 Vassily Ivanchuk punishes Boris Gelfand’s small inaccuracies with authority. Now Iv … more →
2009 Tal Memorial: Round 6
chessmusings wrote 1 month ago: Today Kramnik was able to win his game multiple times do to inaccurate play on both his and Ponomar … more →
Tal Memorial: Anand vs. Leko
chessmusings wrote 1 month ago: One of the strongest chess tournaments ever assembled moved to Russia’s Red Square today. Visw … more →
Lewis chessmen reunited
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Nikita wrote 2 months ago: Click on the image for a clear view I would love to have a chess set like the Lewis chess-men! Have … more →
Hitler and Lenin playing chess
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Nikita wrote 3 months ago: An etching of a young Hitler playing chess against Lenin 100 years ago Image:thetelegraph.co.uk The … more →
Games news: chess and education in Germany
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Luk wrote 3 months ago: Germany, This summer instead of going on holidays, a group of researchers from the University of Tri … more →
London Chess Classic 2009
Nikita wrote 6 months ago: Please click on the image for a larger view The Chess Player- 1954: Andy Warhol This early drawing … more →
