CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/March 28, 2016

IT IS $500,000 extra plus $100,000 of the candidates prizes for 26 year old S. KARJAKIN, super Russian grandmaster today … winning a 42 move thriller versus go-for-it-all F. CARUANA of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Karjakin needed just a draw much less a stunning last round victory to win on […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/March 27, 2016

MOSCOW, RUSSIA — WITH A TREMENDOUS THREE GAME WINS TO TWO TIEBREAK ADVANTAGE THE WORLD CHESS CUP CHAMPION S. KARJAKIN PLAYS WHITE FIRST MOVE TOMORROW VERSUS F. CARUANA OF THE UNITED STATES TO DETERMINE WHO WILL GO TO THE WORLD TITLE MILLION DOLLAR NEW YORK WORLD TITLE MATCH VERSUS WORLD […]


The Trash Talking Chess Hustler Video

If you haven’t already watched this video, or even if you have, here’s “New York Chess Hustler Talks a Lot of Trash, Doesn’t Realize His Opponent Is a Grandmaster”:  


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan 6, 2O16

Norway million Dollar Grand Tour Sponsor Altibox Leaves Grand tour London, England … THEY ARE GONE … faced with elitism, UNKNOWN TO TENNIS, GOLF, SOCCER … (just 10 great players and no women), horrific long, impossible to broadcast worldwide time controls … ALTIBOX OF NORWAY has suddenly pulled totally out […]


Chessflash World News/Dec. 13, 2015 [Updated]

Grandmasters NAKAMURA and today’s opponent GRISCHUK … the beast is back! M. Carlsen of Norway is expected to win $75,000 on three-way tiebreak today … Carlsen did not lose a single game … won 2, drew 7. — Jude Acers Update: WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN WINS $75,000 FINAL ROUND SHOCKER […]


Tuesday Nights @ The Mechanics’ Institute

“Do not miss this quiet but terrific piece … how chess can and must be promoted.” — Jude Acers    Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle (h/t John Donaldson): Forty chess boards and tables were ordered in rows throughout the Chess Room for the Tuesday Night Marathon at the Mechanic’s Institute. Numbered cards […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Oct. 12, 2015

$100,000 FIRST PRIZE TO AMERICAN RED HOT SUPER GRANDMASTER “MILLIONAIRE CHESS” TOURNEY WINNER Las Vegas, Nevada — Coming world chess champion H. NAKAMURA today bested 50 grandmasters and players from a mammoth FIFTY nations at the Planet Hollywood Hotel/Las Vegas … it was also a truly mind boggling experience for […]