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 […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 6, 2014

California Chess Reporter (1967-71), Vol. 7 California Chess Reporter (1971-74), Vol. 8 California Chess Reporter (1974-76), Vol. 9 THE JUDE ACERS 1968-1976 CALIFORNIA CHESS REPORTER YEARS … VOLUMES 7-9 COMPENDIUMS PUBLISHED WORLDWIDE … San Francisco, California … MY BACK PAGES … The Jude Acers fiery 3,000 day epic California chess […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 4, 2014

WORLD TOP 8 CHESS“CANDIDATES” NAMED KHANTY-MANSYISK, RUSSIA … the MARCH 11-APRIL 1, 2014 forced play multi million dollar chess championship cycle FIDE “candidate” tourney that provides American world number three super grandmaster H. NAKAMURA a certain chance to contest two or three chess world championship matches with world chess champion […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 4, 2014 1

LONDON, ENGLAND … CHESS IRON MAN JOURNALIST/HISTORIAN MARK CROWTHER HITS 1,000th “THE WEEK IN CHESS” IN DAYS … chess players all over the world are joyously noting with bona fide amazement how the hits just keep on coming … the unprecedented 1,000 weeks in a row, absolutely free gift to […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Jan. 3, 2014

MAJOR CHESS MOVIE “LIFE OF A KING” JUST … TWO WEEKS AWAY The CHESS movie “LIFE OF A KING“ JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM YOUR TOWN … this just in from Dallas, Texas via the  one, the only, truly mysterious “THE CHIEF”  of FATKATZ INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE CHESS PROMOTIONS … a knock ‘em dead CHESS […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Dec. 26, 2013 2

LEGENDARY AMERICAN CHESS SHADOW AND US CHESS CHAMPION JOHN GREFE DIES Dallas, Texas … this just in from Dallas … “The Chief” of Fat Katz International chess promotions … the here-there-and-everywhere shadow … international chess master and U.S. chess Co-Champion (with the great Kavalek) in 70’s El Paso, Texas long […]


CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Dec. 19, 2013

NAKAMURA NETS $70,000 PLUS London, England … LONDON “CHESS CLASSIC SUPER 16” INTERNATIONAL 2013 TOURNEY officials have confirmed THE GUARANTEED payout to winner … World # 3 ranked SUPER CHESS GRANDMASTER, AMERICAN CHESS GREAT H. NAKAMURA … 50,000 EUROS OR 70,000 PLUS AMERICAN US DOLLAR … as world number three […]