During its work verifying the delegates and proxies for this year’s Extraordinary General Assembly, the Election Committee has noted that there are a number of ambiguities and unclear provisions in FIDE’s rules regarding proxies. The Election Committee and FIDE...
Ilyumzhinov vs Kasparov
The current President of FIDE Kirsan Ilymzhinov and the former World Champion Garry Kasparov will go head to head at the upcoming FIDE President elections in 2014. Today they both announced their candidacy during the 84th FIDE Congress in...
FIDE Identity Manual & Sponsorship Guidelines
FIDE Identity Manual & Sponsorship Guidelines Oct 7, 2013 During the 84th FIDE Congress, FIDE Events Commission presented the new edition “FIDE Identity Manual & Sponsorship Guidelines” – a professional marketing tool which will provide more information to the...
India’s Algorithms wins best film trophy
India’s Algorithms wins best film trophy at Film South Asia festivalMonday, Oct 7, 2013, 19:08 IST | Place: Kathmandu | Agency: IANS Algorithms, a documentary about blind chess players in India, won the Ram Bahadur Tamang Best Film Trophy...
Ilyumzhinov to run for FIDE President again, will Kasparov challenge him?
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to run for FIDE President again, announces 1M EUR for Chess In School program Oct 7, 2013 By Chessdom FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that he will run for another term as President of the World Chess Federation at...
2013 SPICE Cup Open – $11,000 guaranteed – 17 GMs registered
2013 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, MissouriOctober 15-19, 2013 GM/IM/WGM/WIM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries 4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com...
Endgame improvement
White to move. Is this a win or draw? How should white proceed? What is your game plan?Shomoev – Inarkiev (Russian Championship round 2) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bologan: FIDE is very strong and we should look for improvements
Formation of PCA brought money to chessOct 05, 2013 Chennai: In August earlier this year, Chennai IM G. Akash returned home with `1.5 lakh as appearance money despite losing in the first round of the world cup chess. While...
2013 SPICE Cup Open – $11,000 guaranteed – 17 GMs registered
2013 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, MissouriOctober 15-19, 2013 GM/IM/WGM/WIM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries 4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com...
A worthwhile cause
I live in NJ with my wife and 3 kids. I’m a pretty passionate guy with various interests, Surfing, tech stuff, chess, running, finance, etc… . I work in clinical research coordinating clinical trials. Through investments in Biotech, I...