Happy Visitors to the World Chess Table
60 Minutes: Chess in the Bible Belt Chess Instills New Dreams in Kids from Rural Mississippi County
Throwback Thursday
Originally published June 24, 2015 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 […]
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN HALL [Updated] 4
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, […]
New Series: Standing Tall
There’s a new phenomenon at the World Chess Table — women have taken to standing atop the table to be photographed! We shall post the pictures here in a series we’re calling, Standing Tall, and on our “TheManInTheRedBeret” Instagram feed …
Throwback Thursday: Mighty K (WCT Lifeguard) @ Carnival 1
Mighty K @ KdV from K&D Photo + Video on Vimeo.
The Annabelle Draws 4
Worldwide new FIRST EVER photo of Jude Acers WORLD CHESS TABLE JUDE ACERS WITH HIS FELINNI 8 1/2 SERIOUS BUSINESS WORLD INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNEY SUNGLASSES … MOMENTS AFTER BEING HELD TO A DRAW BY “NO LOSING CHANCES” VERSUS THE ONE THE ONLY ANNABELLE MACNEAL/CINEMA PRO MAKEUP TITAN AND 2 TIME […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/May 18, 2018 [Updated x2]
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 […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS, May 10, 2018: RIP Evgeni Vasiukov [w/”Wild Child” Langla “The Laminator” Bonus]
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 […]
