Baku Azerbaijan S. KARJAKIN (RUS) WINS THE GREATEST WORLD CHESS FEDERATION MATCH OF ALL TIME … TAKES $100,000 CLEAR (NO TAXES AS THRILLED ENERGY RICH BAKU ORGANIZERS PAID ALL THE BILLS) in the 10 game monster 6 game to 4 victory sudden death NO HOLDS BARRED match for all the […]
Baku, Azerbiajan WORLD CUP KNOCKOUT CHESS RESULTS … P. SVIDER/Russia 2-0 already rolling in the four classic game finals … versus S. KARJAKIN … THAT IS RIGHT … one million and six hundred thousand dollars paid out to 128 chess players from all over the world! There are now but […]
By Sam Sloan I was invited to an advanced screening of the movie Pawn Sacrifice held on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 10AM in New York City, based on the fact that I had been a close friend of Bobby Fischer. I was invited to the screening by Katherine Matthews. […]
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 […]
K&D PHOTO+VIDEO REPLACEMENT TEAM HAS ARRIVED TO COVER … THE MORPHY PRIZES! AT THE JUDE ACERS WORLD CHESS TABLE ALREADY ON PUBLIC DISPLAY!! 20 PROMOTIONAL MORPHY TOURNEY PRIZE BARBER magnetic worldwide travel CHESS SETS FROM CHINA ARE ON THE WAY … Nick “The flambeau carrier” Tamm (of Acers & Tamm […]
By Sam Sloan The chess world has been in shock since the news came yesterday morning that Grandmaster Walter Browne died early yesterday morning. For the last 49 years, I have been holding a small secret which I felt should best not be revealed as long as Browne was alive. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ACERS TO PLAY IN ITALY TWICE 2015-2017 AS WORLD SENIOR TITLE 11 GAME FIDE TOURNEY ANNOUNCED TODAY –VENICE, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 … New Orleans, Louisiana .. it’s tough being a professional chess master living in New Orleans but my goodness gracious somebody has to do it! Chesslab’s very own monster […]
WORLD # 3 CHESS GRANDMASTER F.CARUANA (ITALY) MAKES STUNNING MOVE TO US CHESS TEAM … JOINS W. SO AND H. NAKAMURA TO GIVE U.S. FIRST EVER TRIO OF WORLD TOP TEN FIDE RATED CHESS GRANDMASTERS FOR WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD PLAY … this just in courtesy of REX SINQUEFIELD/ST.LOUIS CHESS SCHOLASTIC […]
CHINA WORLD CHESS TEAM CHAMPIONS … Tsaghkadzor, Armenia … this just in from Mark Crowther (The WEEK IN CHESS) … Powered by tremendous world #11 ranked grandmaster DING LIREN and with massive support by chessboard shooting star WEI LI (7-2) the sleeping giant CHINA WINS world chess team gold. Ukraine […]
$300,000 ST LOUIS SINQUEFIELD CHESS CUP SET FOR AUG 21-SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 … $1,050,000 total prizes go on the line at three international “Grand Tour” chess events: St.Louis, Norway and London … $300,000 will be paid out in St.Louis during the fabulous SINQUEFIELD CHESS CUP AUG 21-SEPT 3,2015 … confirmed […]
THE KD VIDEO PROMOTIONAL PROTEGE NEW ORLEANS SINGER LYNN DRURY GETS MONSTER BREAK … GAMBIT MAGAZINE .. . GAMBIT BEST NEW ORLEANS MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATION WITH PHOTO FEATURE AS BEST LOUISIANA FEMALE SINGER NOMINEE IN JUST OUT GAMBIT PUBLICATION. WITH DYNAMITE DRURY ALBUM PHOTO COVER PORTRAIT FEATURED OF COURSE IN THE RED HOT JAZZ FEST ISSUE […]
NORWAY’S WORLD CHESS CHAMPION M. CARLSEN NOTCHES 5TH WIN (4 draws) TO WIN 2015 VUGAR GASHIMOV MEMORIAL 10 GRANDMASTER SUPER CHESS TOURNEY TODAY … Shamkir, AZ … the cash just keeps rolling in as the golden boy of chess MAGNUS CARLSEN (24 YEAR OLD -HIGHEST ELO RATED CHESS GRANDMASTER EVER) […]
WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN ELECTRIFIES THE 10 GRANDMASTER V. GASHIMOV MEMORIAL … SHOCKS V. KRAMNIK … WITH FULL ONE POINT LEAD … NOW NEEDS JUST FINAL ROUND DRAW VERSUS US PLAYER W. SO TOMORROW TO WIN SHAMKIR … MAGNUS CARLSEN OF NORWAY … The highest rated elo chess grandmaster of […]
H. NAKAMURA wins $45,000 … IS 2015 US CHESS CHAMPION … St. Louis, Missouri … H. Nakamura today employed a rare Jude Acers “ITALIAN GAMBIT SYSTEM” SIDELINE to defeat A. ONISCHUK … winning the US National Chess Championship undefeated with a tremendous 8-3 score … world top ten grandmaster W. […]
