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Canadian Kamikaze Weirdness3 comments

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: Canadian Bayonet Attack Weirdness I chanced upon this report of Montreal 2008 at US Chess online. It … more →

Tags: Chess History, Chess Openings, Chess Players, The 2000s, Bayonet KID, Irina Krush, Kurt Stein, Montreal Chess, Thomas Roussell-Roozman

Knights Now Try to Do What the Yankees Didn't5 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: It was a wonderful night. No one egged my house or tp-ed my yard, and the New York Knights finally p … more →

Tags: Irina Krush, Irina Zenyuk, Jay Bonin, New Jersey Knockouts, New York Knights, Philadelphia Inventors, U.S. Chess League

New York Pins Hope on Wild Knight1 comment

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: The New York Knights have to win tonight if they are going to have a shot at the playoffs in the US … more →

Tags: Hikaru Nakamura, New York Knights, U.S. Chess League, Yuri Lapshun

King's Gambit Book Party3 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: I should have posted this earlier.  Jennifer Shahade took some great photos at my Barnes and Noble r … more →

Tags: Frank Brady, Irina Krush, Jennifer Shahade, King's Gambit book

The Nakamura Paradox3 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: The New York Knights kept their playoff chances alive by defeating the Boston Blitz 2.5- 1.5 last ni … more →

Tags: Boston Blitz, Hikaru Nakamura, Irina Zenyuk, Jay Bonin, New York Knights, U.S. Chess League

The Knightmare Continues10 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Last night, the New York Knights—a powerhouse team on paper—struggled again and couldn’t extri … more →

Tags: Boston Blitz, Chess, cockiness, Eugene Perelshtyen, Hikaru Nakamura, Irina Krush, King's Gambit book, Larry Christiansen, New York Knights

"The Yin of the Nerd in Lockstep with the Yang of the Jock"3 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: The secret is out. The New Jersey Knockouts have discovered why the New York Knights have had an inc … more →

Tags: Chess, Daily news, Hikaru Nakamura, Irina Krush, Jay Bonin, King's Gambit book, New York Knights, Robert Hess, U.S. Chess League

The Gorgonzola Defense2 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Gallows humor swept the back room of the Marshall Chess Club last night after the New York Knights w … more →

Tags: Chess, Food, Irina Krush, Jay Bonin, King's Gambit book, Philadelphia Inventors, U.S. Chess League

Kingfishers Clobber Knights: I Should Eat Crow3 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Wimpy logo or not, the Baltimore Kingfishers tragically defeated my New York Knights 3-1 in the firs … more →

Tags: Chess, Gata Kamsky, New York Knights, Baltimore Kingfishers, Daily news, Irina Krush

New York Knights Ready to Rip Baltimore2 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Today, at 7:15 PM, my home chess team, the New York Knights, will square off in the opening week of … more →

Tags: Chess, New York Knights, U.S. Chess League, Baltimore Kingfishers, Irina Krush

New York Knights Are Looking Bright

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: photo of the 2006 New York Knights by John Fernandez U.S. Chess League Commissioner Greg Shahade has … more →

Tags: Chess, Hikaru Nakamura, Jennifer Shahade, Greg Shahade, New York Knights, Irina Krush

Justice, Finally, in Libya

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: In June 2004, I went to Tripoli with Canadian champion Pascal Charbonneau to watch him represent his … more →

Tags: Chess, World Chess Championship, Muammar Gadhafi, Libya

Let Me Dream: King’s Gambit the Movie6 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: My over-active imagination has been fueled by a caller from Hollywood who inquired about film rights … more →

Tags: Bobby Fischer, Bruce Pandolfini, Chess, David Blaine, Jennifer Shahade, kasparov, Krush, Nigel Short, Susan Polgar

Ignoring My Fortune Cookie, I'm Off to Costa Rica

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: The legendary Eek the Geek at Coney Island. Photo by Damian Panitz. My last fortune cookie said: … more →

Tags: Coney Island, Krush

No Rest for the Chess Weary

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Irina Krush, 23, the new U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, is making her way today from Stillwater, … more →

Tags: Chess, Krush, Gata Kamsky

Irina Krush is the new U.S. Women's Chess Champion2 comments

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Irina Krush, 23, is the new U.S. Women’s Chess Champion. She went undefeated in nine rounds, w … more →

Tags: Chess, Krush, U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Chess Preparation, the Canadian way

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Today, a very strong international chess tournament starts in Montreal, and my friend Pascal Charbon … more →

Tags: Chess

U.S. Chess Queens Call a Truce

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago: Irina Krush, the No. 1 seed in the 2007 U.S. Women’s Championship had a short draw last night with N … more →

Tags: Chess, Krush, women's chess

Go Gata, Go!

paulhoffman wrote 2 years ago:   At the halfway point in the first match in the World Championship Qualifying Tournament in Elista … more →

Tags: Chess, Brighton Beach, Gata Kamsky, Etienne Bacrot


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