As far as product reviews go I think Sean Marsh is a very good blogger. I enjoyed my visit to his blog and wandered around for quite some time. what drew me there? Chessbase has linked to Sean's Blog "Marsh Towers". Some time ago here I ran an article on Robert Pearson called "What is Robert Pearson Doing Right?". Let me break down just exactly what Sean has done right... and how this blog and my own experience differ: 1. Establishing Yourself - Marsh Towers has articles dating back to 20... Read Full Story

Source: Chessvibes The FIDE World Cup 2009 will be a knockout tournament of 128 players, held from November 20th till December 15th, 2009 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia, just like the previous two World Cups won by Levon Aronian and Gata Kamsky respectively. After the publication of the new rating list, FIDE immediately announced the pairings of the first round. Khanty-Mansiysk is an oil boom town in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. It is located on the Irtysh... Read Full Story

Source: Alexandra's Blog Hi all! I just want to share with you the nice telegram that came from Russian President Medvedev congratulating the Russian women's team (Alexandra Kosteniuk, Nadezhda and Tatiana Kosintseva, Valentina Gunina and Marina Romanko) for our Gold medal at the recent Novi Sad European Team Chess Championship. The original news is on the Kremlin web site and the telegram is here. By itself it does not seem to be such a big deal, but in fact I think it's great that s... Read Full Story

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France won the U20 World Youth Championship after a dramatic last round, in which he caught Sergei Zhigalko in the standings. The two finished on 10.5/13, but Vachier-Lagrave won the title due to a higher sum of the ratings of the opponents. WGM Swaminathan Soumya from India took gold in the girls section. The World Youth Championship 2009 took place October 21 – November 4 in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Originally it was supposed to be held in Mar del Plata but ju... Read Full Story

CHESS PLAYERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (Reg. No.- S / IL / 26405) FD-437, Sector-3, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700106, Ph: 92310 94201 Email : cpai64@gmail.com; website: www.cpai.in Press Release The Chess Players Association of India wishes to register its concern about the ongoing issue between Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, the 2nd highest rated woman player of the world, and one of the young and prominent Chess players of the country, and the All India Chess Federation. By perception, the following appe... Read Full Story

Check out the Review by Gamespot. I'm an avid videogame nut but I've been stuck in older generation machines (PS2,Gamecube). I was wandering around my local Gamestop and happened across a fairly advanced (over Grandmaster strength) version of Chessmaster for the PS2. I'm about to leap out of my chair as I write this note. I'm just so excited. I don't know quite how I missed the 2003 release of this chess engine onto the PS2 platform. I remember the older Chessmaster for the Playstation tha... Read Full Story

While I don't enjoy the celebration of this pagan holiday ... I do enjoy eating a ton of candy and feeling ill. Enjoy! Read Full Story

English and Bulgarian grandmasters continue feud during European Team Championship Leonard Barden Saturday 31 October 2009 There is history between English and Bulgarian grandmasters. Four years ago when Nigel Short was a commentator at the world championship in San Luis, Argentina, some players told him of suspicions that Veselin Topalov, who won the title after a fast start, was receiving outside help. Short later called for an inquiry, though he did not join the cheating claim. Nothing wa... Read Full Story

Chess addict and top broker Mads Syversen became chess genius Magnus Carlsen's main sponsor. "Magnus is special. He represents the pinnacle of the analysis and implementation, he is ambitious and hard-working," says Mads Syversen, whose company logo will accompany Magnus Carlsen's outfit in the next 24 months. The new sponsor company says Magnus will be a good example for the employees with his accuracy and performance and believes that the sponsorship will be a success for both sides. T... Read Full Story

I have read many interesting articles on Chess as a therapy to help Autistic individuals cope but this new article from chessbase really put faces to the illnesses that are soothed through chess (Asperger’s Syndrome & Autism). " /> " /> ">Jaap de Vries has Autism Read Full Story