Rep. Michele Bachmann Rebuked by Tea Party for Roy Blunt Endorsement
Tea Party members are furious with Rep. Michele Bachmann for her endorsement of Republican Congressman Roy Blunt over state Sen.
Caruana Wins Biel 2010
Fabiano Caruana (pictured) won the Biel Young Grandmasters Tournament after a three way play-off with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.
All three finished on a score of 5.5/9, and since the best mathematical tie-break belonged to…
Kevin Kline lights up a Colbert Reporta
Stephen Colbert has met his match. On last night’s show, he welcomed famed act-eur and “great Shakespearean grunter” Kevin Kline to his studio, where they discussed Kline’s new movie, The Extra Man .
Estate of Bobby Fischer facing a possible Checkmate
July 28, 2010 Estate of Bobby Fischer facing a possible Checkmate The New York Times recently featured a story about the person universally recognized as one of the greatest chess players of all time.
Arkadij Naiditsch - Zahar Efimenko chess match - Mukachevo, Ukraine, 12-18.08.2010
Arkadij Naiditsch and Zahar Efimenko will play a chess match 12-18.08.2010 in Mukachevo, Ukraine. The match will consist of six classical games. The opening will take place on the 11th of August in the Transcarpathian Regional State Russian Drama Theatre. The match will be accompanied by Open, Rapid, Blitz, children’s Open, a session of simultaneous games tournaments.
World School Chess Championship 2010 - Photos by WGM Anastazia Karlovich
The 6th World School Chess Championship (under 7, under 9, under 11, under 13, under 15 and under 17 years old - open and girls) is taking place between July the 20th, 2010 (arrival) and July 31st, 2010 (departure) in Kayseri, Turkey, under the aegis of the Turkish First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül.
Chess Olympiad 2010 Teams (updated) - Participants for Khanty Mansiysk 2010, Sweden, England women, Faroe Islands added, Norway updated
As the teams for the 2010 Chess Olympiad become available, we will be including them in this page. If you know more participants for the Khanty Mansiysk Chess Olympiad, please, send the information to out contact form.
Chess Club
The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6 to 9:30 p.m. All are welcome, adults and youths, novice or experienced.
Pie or Die @ SF Food Wars
Competitors with pie in the sky hopes rumbled for the top spot at SF Food Wars’ Pie or Die contest at which, the organizers helpfully pointed out, everyone pied and no one died The first place winner was Team Eat the Love, who baked a “Check Please!” lemon chess pie.
Sizzlin Summer Specials on Chess Sets
With temperatures rising around the nation, Wholesale Chess launched its Sizzlin’ Summer Specials this week.
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