Ask The Slouch By Norman Chad Columnist September 17 at 1:38 PM Q. Are you aware that chess grandmaster Anton Kovalyov just forfeited a match at the FIDE World Cup because they claimed it was a dress-code violation that...
How to get chess to the mainstream the wrong way!
Canadian chess player accuses tournament organizer of bullying him over his shorts By Marissa Payne September 9 at 6:22 PM Washington Post Canadian chess grandmaster Anton Kovalyov entered the FIDE World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday wearing the...
The importance of College Chess
Paul Truong, coach of the Webster chess team and Director of Marketing & PR for SPICE, just made the following statement regarding the recent big surge in interest in College Chess. Due to space limitation, he decided to have...
The new powerhouse in College Chess
Webster University wins (chess) Final FourBY MICHAEL S. ROSENWALDApril 7 at 10:25 am http://www.washingtonpost.com Webster University, the new powerhouse in college chess, won its second straight Final Four of College Chess Sunday. The University of Maryland Baltimore County, the...
Legendary coach heads to another school and takes entire team
A bold move in the chess world: Legendary coach heads to another school and takes entire teamBy Alan Scher ZagierWashington PostAssociated Press / April 5, 2012 COLUMBIA, Mo.—It was one of the most brazen moves in the chess world...
Hip hop and chess
Be Specific: Tyrone Norris of Rosetta Stoned on hip-hop and chesshttp://blog.washingtonpost.com The latest addition to Norris’s ever-growing empire? Chess. Norris is now giving chess lessons, both privately and as a volunteer through the D.C. non-profit Words, Beats & Life,...
The end of a GREAT chess column
International grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek began to write for The Washington Post about chess in 1986 and continued for the next 23 years. I am sad to see the end of a great chess column. GMs Kavalek and Byrne (NY...
Dominated by U.S. players
SPICE Cup By Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, October 5, 2009; 8:19 AM The SPICE Cup in Lubbock, Tex., saw a three-way tie for first place in both groups. In the A group, Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine, Dmitry...
Coaching “Mozart”
Coaching ‘Mozart’By Lubomir KavalekSpecial to Washington PostMonday, September 14, 2009; 10:06 AM Magnus Carlsen, the Mozart of Chess, as we nicknamed him five years ago, picked up a solid coach: The Norwegian superstar began working with Garry Kasparov six...
To Play or Not to Play
To Play or Not to PlayBy Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, August 31, 2009; 9:57 AM During the last few months, Hikaru Nakamura, 21, has traveled back and forth from North America to Europe, adding Japan for good...