This just in from Edwin Lam/Hamburg , Germany: We regret to note the death of Malaysian mega chess financier Dato Tan Chin Nam at age 92. Mr. Dato Tan anticipated the world champion Chinese Olympiad gold medal chess teams long before 2018 olympiad glory … a mega chess sponsor /building […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Chess Master, Jude Acers, Returns to Rocky Mount September 11, 2018 (Rocky Mount, NC) – World Famous Chess Master Jude Acers returns for the 2nd Annual CheckMate! Rocky Mount chess exhibition. The main event will be held Saturday, October 6, beginning at 9am at the Dunn […]
JOHN HALL stood kind of tall, looked kind of shy and if he talked at all he just said hi. Big John looked more than a little like Buddy Holly … just as tragic … was on the road summer 1968/60 day/25 state urban legend with SUBU THE INDIAN, […]
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ELECTRIFYING NEW AMERICAN CHESS CHAMPION SHOCKS CHESS WORLD WITH 8 WINS NO LOSSES VERSUS WORLDS BEST AND WILL WIN SECOND MONSTER EVENT IN 30 DAYS IN CUBA…A DRAW TOMORROW IN 53RD CAPABABLANCA 30 DAYS THAT SHOOK THE CHESS WORLD…CALIFORNIAS FANTASTIC GRANDMASTER /working class hero … SAMUEL SHANKLAND … WHO NOW […]
Bonus Eddie “The Laminator” Langla reports: From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, Vasiukov scored wins in individual games over many top Soviet players, such as Smyslov, Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Tal, Paul Keres, Mark Taimanov, Efim Geller, and Lev Polugaevsky. He was unable to defeat top-ranking Soviet stars such […]
Jude Acers is a big fan of a new Chess Life podcast (go here) — but did comments by Jude on the USCF post announcing the podcast get deleted? Here’s a screenshot of the first comment that got deleted: Kat the Lifeguard (Kaitlin Hanrahan of K & D Photo + […]
25-year-old AMERICAN “FABULOUS FABIANO” CARUANA ELECTRIFIES CLOSING OUT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BID … WINNING VERSUS RUSSIAN GRISCHUK DRAW IN HAND … WILL PLAY CARLSEN FOR THE WORLD CHESS TITLE in London/2018 WOW!!!!!! AS THE WHOLE CHESS WORLD WATCHES IN AMAZEMENT 25 YEAR OLD AMERICAN ”FABULOUS FABIANO” CARUANA (born in Miami! and […]
JUST IN FROM MARK CROWTHER OF ENGLAND. 107 year old(!!) Johan von Hulst/ultimate survivor and legendary chess player/organizer who was honored worldwide for personally saving the lives of hundreds of Jewish World War II children via slicky-tricky anti-Nazi moves … has died at age 107 in Holland. Mr. Hulst was […]
Courtesy: Mechanics Institute Chess Room Newsletter (Mar 23, 2018)
CHESSLAB MONSTER ROAD MACHINE JUDE ACERS OF NEW ORLEANS WILL PLAY 2018 FIDE WORLD SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (BLED, SLOVENIA/Nove 17-30, 2018) NEW ORLEANS PROFESSIONAL CHESS MASTER (CHESSLAB MONSTER ROAD MACHINE) JUDE ACERS TO PLAY IN THE 2018 WORLD FIDE WORLD SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Bled , Slovenia Nov 17-30, 2018) … […]
THE GREATEST CHESS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME … BILL GOICHBERG “MR. WORLD OPEN” NAMED TO WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME FOLLOWING FIERCE CHESSLAB MONSTER ROAD MACHINE JUDE ACERS WORLDWIDE LETTER CAMPAIGN THE GREATEST CHESS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME BILL GOICHBERG “MR. WORLD OPEN” TODAY NAMED TO THE WORLD […]
WORLD CHAMPON MAGNJS CARLSEN WINS $245,477 “Grand Tour” … defeats World #2 ranked ARONIAN today … EVENT IS SCRAPPED/NEW 2018 MULTI MILLION DOLLAR FINAL4 CITY LONDON BLITZ/RAPID PLAYOFF FORMAT WITH SUDDEN DEATH ELIMINATION PLAYOFF ANNOUNCED London, England … CHESSLAB TOLD YOU SO … It had to happen at a multi […]
LONDON GETS MEGA MILLION WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MAGNUS CARLSEN (NOR) MATCH NOV 9-28, 2018 …. This just in from Mr. George Osborne/former English financial minister … it is official … To the amazement of almost everyone London, England is the mega million dollar world chess championship title host … the […]
$400,000 “CHAMPIONS SHOWDOWN” AWARDED TO 8 CHESS GRANDMASTERS IN ST LOUIS! St.. Louis, Missouri — That’s the way to do it … $60,000 apiece awarded to FOUR individual rapid and blitz 4 day match winners … boom, bam, wham … ka ching-ka ching … NAKAMURA/CARUANA/WORLD CHAMPION CARLSEN and the surprising … DOMINQUEZ PEREZ OF CUBA. Sensation […]
From IM Kostya Kavutskiy @ the USCF website: Last week one of my favorite yearly events, the Spice Cup Open, concluded in Saint Louis, Missouri. This is a small but densely packed tournament open to about 50 players, organized by Susan Polgar & Paul Truong and Webster University. With both […]
St. Louis Missouri USA FRENCHMAN MAXIME VACHIER-LAGRAVE (AGE 26) SHOCKS THE CHESS WORLD … WINS THE MONSTER 9 GAME $300,000 SINQUEFIELD CHESS CUP TODAY … Mr. Lagrave (already long known world wide as “MVL”) rode a fantastic come from behind victory against world chess champion Magnus Carlsen … added two other […]
FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE/ TAGGERING FORMER WORLD CHESS CHAMPION /AUTHOR … GARRY KASPAROV SHOCKS CHESS WORLD … WILL PLAY 27 WORLD RATED GAMES in 5 days VERSUS WORLD’S BEST … vs. WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN /THE SINQUEFIELD CUP FIELD … AUGUST 14-19TH, 2017 … $100,000 ST. Louis INTERNATIONAL RAPID/BLITZ TOURNEY GRAND TOUR […]
CHESSLAB TOLD YOU FIRST … Pro author/ELECTRIFYING journalist and monster chess promoter/”CHESSFEST” INVENTOR MICHAEL TISSERAND of NEW ORLEANS GOES GLOBAL NEW YORK TIMES /MAY 9, 2017 — New Orleans, Louisiana MICHAEL TISSERAND, the man known everywhere in Louisiana as the inventor of THE MAMMOTH post-Hurricane Katrina LIBRARY CHESS PROGRAM “Chessfest,” […]
