SPNO 2014 in New Orleans Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. 6 Round Swiss G/45 d5 USCF Rated Up to 8 sections: grades K- 2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12, separate for Girls &...
2014 SPNO with more than $100K in scholarships
SPNO 2014 in New Orleans Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. 6 Round Swiss G/45 d5 USCF Rated Up to 8 sections: grades K- 2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12, separate for Girls &...
Statement by Garry Kasparov
STATEMENT BY GARRY KASPAROV ON BEHALF OF THE KASPAROV FIDE 2014 TEAMFebruary 03, 2014 16:45Statement by Garry Kasparov on Behalf of the Kasparov FIDE 2014 Team SUBJECT: ABUSES OF FIDE POWER AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Dear chess friends, players,...
Meteoric rise
WAKE up the neighborhood and spread the word: GM Wesley So of the Philippines is now ranked No. 18 in the world. Buoyed by his respectable showing in the Pan Am Games in Texas and the super-strong 76th Tata...
Checking in with GM Denes Boros
Checking in with GM Denes Boros Q: Please tell us a few words about how you started playing chess? A: I learned to play chess from my brother when I was about 6 or 7 years old. Then, I...
Response by FIDE – Chess election war continues
31 January 2014 To: All National Chess Federations, Chess Media Dear chess friends, During the last days there has been an orchestrated attack to the FIDE President and FIDE officials concerning the FIDE/AGON contract. Although the truth is very...
Moskovsky Komsomolets and New York Times on FIDE elections
Garry Kasparov and Ignatius Leong (photo by Mig)Intrigues and mutual accusations in anticipation of the elections for the head of a large sports federation, are normal thing. But this year, nearly 8 months prior to the elections a huge...
Meier’s Chess Club Victory Adds To Growing Local Reputation
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Another leaked chess agreement, more on the way?
Leaked Agreement Between Ilyumzhinov & Paulson Suggests Conflict of Interest Chess.com has obtained a document that suggests that Agon, Andrew Paulson’s company that holds the rights to organize chess events in the World Championship cycle, is secretly run by...
2014 SPNO with more than $100K in scholarships
SPNO 2014 in New Orleans Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. 6 Round Swiss G/45 d5 USCF Rated Up to 8 sections: grades K- 2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12, separate for Girls &...