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CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb. 6, 2014
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
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
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
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 […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 30, 2014
LEGENDARY DAN MAYERS, 92 YEAR OLD WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY COMPETITOR, DIES IN SUN VALLEY, IDAHO … MR. DAN MAYERS, the world traveling, nearly blind expert chess player, who gave chess exhibitions 70 years ago versus fellow scientists at the Los Alamos New Mexico Oppenheimer World War II atomic bomb […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 29, 2014 [Updated] 4
Legendary NEW ORLEANS 41ST PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL ‘BIG KAHUNA’ CHESS EVENT INVITEES ANNOUNCED TODAY … New Orleans, Louisiana … The invitees for the 41st Paul Charles Morphy Memorial chess event … the ’BIG KAHUNA’ SECTION A tournament (SUNDAY 6-11PM OCTOBER 19, 2014 AT THE NEW ORLEANS FRENCH MARKET SEAFOOD RESTAURANT […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 29, 2014
WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN IN MEGA BUCK TOP 6 today … SHORT RAPID/BLITZ TOURNEY STARTING TODAY … ZURICH – ORGANIZERS OF THE WORLD CLASS BLITZ/RAPID 10 games CHESS SUPER GRANDMASTER TOP SIX (WITH WORLD CHAMPION M. CARLSEN, US CHESS GREAT NAKAMURA blazing away for the next week) have heard the […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 25, 2014
WIJK ANN ZEE, HOLLAND Armenian super world #2 ranked player L. ARONIAN crushed the 7th annual TATA STEEL 2014 12 player grandmaster tourney ending today … it was over before the final round, 1.5 point margin of victory for Mr.. Aronian (labeled the nicest, audience friendly super grandmaster ever to […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 24, 2014 1
New Orleans, Louisiana–The 13 greatest chess grandmaster computer rankings of all time have been posted by 2700.com … listed by peak rating they are: CARLSEN ELO RATING 2878 KASPAROV 2856 ARONIAN 2829 ANAND 2820 TOPALOV 2816 KRAMNIK 2812 CARUANA 2800 RADJABOV 2799 MOROZEVICH 2788 NAKAMURA 2794 GRISCHUK 2792 IVANCHUK 2791 […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan.15, 2014
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) today posts official confirmation: $100,000 SUSAN POLGAR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP NEW ORLEANS TOURNEY “2014 SPNO” set for March 22-23, 2014 … Hilton Garden Inn Convention center … New Orleans, Louisiana – With THREE DOZEN ROSES ALREADY ORDERED for her on behalf of Chesslab readers all over […]
Free Chess Mojo Sundays on Decatur Street
Curtis the Mojo, after two years planning, snapped WARMING UP TODAY … the public street artist Curtis the Mojo will have a street chess set on the sidewalk for afternoon Sundays display … NEW ORLEANS FRENCH MARKET GAZEBO PATIO AREA … 1018 DECATUR around the Jude Acers chess table. IT’S YOUR MOVE … FREE! […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 13, 2014
WORLD TOP 10 CHESS GRANDMASTER GASHIMOV DIES OF BRAIN TUMOR AT 27 New York Times chess editor Dylan Loeb McClain confirms the death of Vugar Gashimov, age 27, world top 10, Baku, Azerbaijan chess grandmaster. Mr.Gashimov, an exponent of the nifty sharp blade-chess rock and roll akin to US chess great L. Christiansen … […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 7, 2014
WORLD CHESS TOP “LIVE’ PLAYERS RANKED … ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI … THE UP-TO-THE-SECOND WORLD TOP “LIVE” FIDE RATED CHESS GRANDMASTERS ARE: Carlsen (NOR), elo 2872, age 23 Aronian (ARM), elo 2812, age 31 NAKAMURA (USA), elo 2789, age 26 Kramnik (RUS), elo 2787, age 38 Topalov (BUL), elo 2785, age […]