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CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/March5, 2014 1

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Katerini, Greece — “2014 WORLD SENIOR FIDE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014” (OCTOBER 24-NOVEMBER 4, 2014) ANNOUNCED TODAY … two concurrent tournaments! (AGE 5O+ AND AGE 65+) to award 6 grandmaster/international titles plus two world championship medals … location is the FIVE star Mediterranean Village Hotel Conference Center/KATERINI … with world famous […]

CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/March 3, 2014

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WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN TO PLAY SIMULTANEOUS BLINDFOLD (MENTAL) BRAZIL CHESS EXHIBITION VERSUS BLIND CHESS PLAYERS March 5 … OSLO,NORWAY MARCH 3, 2014 This just in … World #1 FIDE rated (2881!) MAGNUS CARLSEN will definitely play a world wide INTERNET broadcast chess simultaneous blindfolded exhibition versus visually impaired players […]

CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb. 25, 2014

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$400,000 PLUS SINQUEFIELD CUP ( ST LOUIS) SET … 6 PLAYER EVENT AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 …World Champion M. Carlsen, US greats Kamsky and Nakamura with Aronian (Armenia) PLUS two other top grandmasters … $400,000 plus mucho perks … includes the obvious: unless a grandmaster player axe murders a spectator during […]

CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb. 13, 2014

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FREE!!!!!! SAN FRANCISCO GRANDMASTER CHESS CAMP FOR BEGINNER- INTERMEDIATE CHESS CHILDREN AGE 5-14 June 9-13, 2014 … SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA … Chesslab readers all over the world start packing right now–this is the real deal all right … Here we go again for the 14th fabulous year … the one, the only […]

CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb. 6, 2014

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OPEN LETTER TO SIR JOHN DONALDSON, DIRECTOR OF THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE CHESS ROOM, 57 POST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA TO THE DEAN EMERITUS OF AMERICAN CHESS MR. JOHN DONALDSON … PLEASE ANNOUNCE : “THE SAN FRANCISCO CHESS LEGENDS AWARD” … an anonymous donor IN HONOR OF MR. MAX […]

CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb. 5, 2014

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ALASKA GETS FIRST GRANDMASTER BRIAN SMITH …THIS JUST IN … as confirmed by Mr.John Donaldson, director of the Mechanics Institute Chess club of San Francisco .. .Alaska now has its first certified chess grandmaster, 33 year old Mr. Brian Smith … Chesslab note: this points out ABSOLUTELY the only dreadful […]

The Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm & Chess

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From Popular Science (h/t kdh): Searching for new solutions to the knight’s tour, a problem that has intrigued mathematicians for centuries, University of Nottingham computer scientist Graham Kendall and a colleague turned to simulated ants. They used the ant colony optimization algorithm, a swarm intelligence technique based on the behavior of ants looking to […]

CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb. 4, 2014

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CARLSEN SHOCKED WITH DOUBLE LOSSES, WINS ZURICH 2014 SUPER 6 GRANDMASTER BLITZ, CLASSICAL, RAPID TOURNEY…ZURICH, SWITZERLAND … It is all over in one week flat, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash right now to the players … hearing the sound of beating drums, defeated by both CARUANA (Italy) AND […]