I would like to congratulate Chess Today on their 10th year anniversary! It is by far the best daily chess newspaper on the net and I read it everyday! I highly recommend it to everyone. You can find out...
Chess Auction
I would like to let you know that there is an online auction in progress at http://www.gmsquare.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction-main.cgi?all It will conclude in about 6 hours. There are 65 lots in total: rare books, chess periodicals, memorabilia, books on chess composition,...
Correspondence player needed
Dear Chess Today reader, The Chess Today team is urgently seeking one player for a correspondence chess competition. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Andy Ansel at aansel@verizon.net as soon as possible, giving some details...
GM Baburin leads Scandinavian Chess Tournament
Scandinavian Chess TournamentTaby, SwedenReport by ChessToday.net GM Alex Baburin has taken sole lead in this round-robin event, which takes place in a Stockholm suburb! Round 5 results: Baburin – Blomqvist ½-½Miezis – Rozentalis ½-½B.Lindberg – Engqvist ½-½Djuric – S.Ivanov...
Chess Today Auction
Dear chess friends, Note that our online chess auction is in progress at http://www.gmsquare.com/chessauction/index.html There are 106 lots posted and at the time of writing 208 bids have been registered. Bidding is, of course, most intense around the closing...
A very fair and balance review
As you know, I am a big fan of Chess Today, a daily chess newspaper, one of the best chess sources. In today’s issue, GM Baburin offers his personal view about the Dresden Olympiad. You can subscribe to Chess...
Baburin and Greenfeld win Irish Championship
Final Standings: 1-2. GMs Greenfeld (ISR, 2545) and Baburin (IRL, 2526) – 8/9 (earning 2,000 euro each) 3. GM Hebden (ENG, 2520) – 6½ (1,000 euro) 4. Jessel (IRL, 2294) – 6 (600 euro) 5-7. FM C. Daly (IRL,...
GM Baburin wants your opinion
This is the take of GM Baburin about the July FIDE rating list: The trouble with omitting Foros is that FIDE broke its own rules on several occasions in the past (i.e. for Linares). I am not calling on...
Online Chess Auction by GM Baburin
Online Chess Auction by GM Alex Baburin I invite Chess Today readers to visit our online auction concluding today from 19:01 London time. Even if you don’t collect chess books, this visit could be quite interesting! You can look...
Chess.FM interview with GM Baburin
Tune-in for Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC Chess.FM. John’s weekly 60+ minute show (members only) will feature an interview with leading chess personalities. John’s guest this week (Tue., 13 Nov.) is IrishRussian Grandmaster Alexander Baburin. Originally...