Only two Americans have ever made it to the very pinnacle of championship chess, and both of them were crazy. [So starts my NPR piece, which continues at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?s… more →
thepHtestNikita wrote 7 months ago: Image:kansascity.com/440/story/1166246.html Saint Louis Chess Club Kamsky, Nakamura and Onischuk … more →
Nikita wrote 7 months ago: Nalchik Live Games 2009 It’s time for a chess entry! One of my favourite players, Ivanchuk is … more →
paulhoffman wrote 9 months ago: Only two Americans have ever made it to the very pinnacle of championship chess, and both of them we … more →
Nikita wrote 1 year ago: Image: Chesscentral.com I believe this is a good combination: chess, poetry, art and music! I’ … more →
Nikita wrote 1 year ago: Chess Games of Round 8: South African chess players as well as: Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Ivan … more →
jacob1207 wrote 1 year ago: The World Chess Championship match between India’s Viswanathan Anand and Russia’s Vladim … more →
sathyasaibaba wrote 1 year ago: Viswanathan Anand - World Chess Chamption ‘Tiger From Madras’ Retains World Chess Title … more →
andychessgm wrote 1 year ago: Start “Topalov has not signed yet the contracts for the match with Kamsky,” Danailov is … more →
Nikita wrote 1 year ago: Magnus Carlsen against Alexander Grischuk Gata Kamsky against Ivan Cheparinov Peter Svidler against … more →
Nikita wrote 1 year ago: In Baku, Azerbaijan, it was a rainy day today….In this image you can see Radjabov sharing his … more →
Nikita wrote 1 year ago: Image: chess.com Pairings for round 9-13 at the bottom of this post. Results for round 8: All games … more →
Nikita wrote 1 year ago: In the sixth round Gata Kamsky of the USA beat Britain’s Mickey Adams to join Alexander Gris … more →
paulhoffman wrote 1 year ago: I was one of the (too few) chess-crazed Americans who got up early this morning to watch the live We … more →
paulhoffman wrote 1 year ago: Gata Kamsky defeated Alexey Shrirov today in a thrilling 37-move slugfest in Siberia that had his Am … more →
paulhoffman wrote 1 year ago: [Kamsky studies his opponent's first move, the advance of the king pawn, in today's World Cup game.] … more →
paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: [Above photo from chessbase.com: proto chess wizard Fabiano Caruana at the age of three] Kudos to tw … more →
paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Wimpy logo or not, the Baltimore Kingfishers tragically defeated my New York Knights 3-1 in the firs … more →
paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: For all the press-conference talk (and, admittedly, my own hyping) of the grudge chess game in Montr … more →
paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: The grudge game between Nigel Short and Gata Kamsky that I blogged about earlier is this afternoon i … more →