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CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Sep 7, 2015

LONDON, ENGLAND — ITALIAN CHESSPLAYER SHOCKS WITH VIDEO CAMERA AND MORSE CODE ARM FLAPPING … IS REMOVED FOR CHEATING AFTER MOWING DOWN UNPRECEDENTED MASTER OPPONENTS … THIS JUST IN from the British Broadcasting World News/La Stampa Italian Newspaper … we told you FIRST Chesslab readers! … We are headed toward […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/June 24, 2015 3

6-TIME US CHESS CHAMPION GRANDMASTER WALTER S. BROWNE DIES WITHOUT WARNING IN HIS SLEEP IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (AFTER SUCCESSFUL PLUS SCORE NINTH PLACE TIE AT THE LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL/CHESS CAMP LECTURES/SUCCESSFUL 25 BOARD SIMULTANEOUS CHESS EXHIBITION) AT THE HOME OF VETERAN CHESS MASTER RON GROSS … DIES […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Friday, May 29, 2015

MONSTER BREAK OF A LIFETIME FOR NEW ORLEANS 2015 PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL CHESS TOURNEY PLAYER/”CHESSFEST” INVENTOR/AUTHOR/HISTORIAN MICHAEL TISSERAND OF NEW ORLEANS … HITS THE NEW YORK TIMES FRONT PAGE TODAY WITH A FULL PAGE “ON THE TRAIL OF A CREOLE MUSIC PIONEER, STILL ALIVE IN SONG” … the fantastic saga of […]


White’s Advantage

From iO9: One thing that hasn’t changed over the years is White’s advantage. In fact, as a 2013 study by an international team of researchers pointed out, White’s advantage has steadily increased over time. The reason for this, say the researchers, is that players are consistently finding better ways of […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/May 26, 2015

TWO AMERICANS IN WORLD TOP 4 CHESS GRANDMASTER 2800 ELO RATED CLUB … St.Louis, Mo. Official confirmation of daily world chess “live” elo rating here shows there are two American grandmasters in the four player only ”2800 elo club” as of today: 1. Carlsen (Norway) world champion and highest elo […]