The annual Corsica Chess Masters took place over the last several days, deeply in the shadow of Kramnik-Anand match and Cap D’Adge Rapid. For a tournament with fantastic 100.000 Euro prize fund, it is incredible that organizers do not bother to provide better internet presence. Leo Battesti, president of the local chess federation and once a man with great ambition in FIDE elections, never

Kramnik was well aware that it is nearly impossible to turn the tables while trailing three points behind Anand in the World Championship match, but he expressed a hope that he could at least win one game. And he succeeded so in the 10th game to spoil the prepared coronation of the new/old King. Most of the commentators agree that his chances for overall win didn’t improve much, but finally he

When there are no real scandals in this crazy chess world, Chessbase’s big boss jumps in to make some out of nothing. We all remember the heated discussion on why is Great Britain fielding several teams in the qualifications for Football World/Euro Cup and how he enjoyed the mess that he created. He is also the man who sent the “video proof” of Topalov’s cheating to Kommersant, but that circus

Now that Anand is almost certainly winning the WCC match against Kramnik, it is possible that FIDE will take the final steps to arrange the match Kamsky-Topalov to take place in the originally planned time frame.

There have been rumors that in case of Kramnik’s win in Bonn, Alexander Zhukov’s influence in FIDE would have blocked the other match just long enough for Kramnik to claim that he is

World Mind Sports Games have started today in Beijing, China. Jennifer Shahade blogs on the USCF website while Chessdom has pictorial reports.

WMSG website

Rogoff said an understanding of chess had helped him learn economics: “The whole logic of game theory, which is a big part of economics, came easily to me.”
Knowing chess also helped him in his career, he said. “I was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2003, and you are involved in a lot of high-stakes negotiations,” he said, “and chess teaches you to think about

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: “You know, as FIDE President, back in 1996 I was invited to attend the meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. It dealt with the country’s integration into the world community, the entry into the WTO. And the Chinese were already planning to make a breakthrough in many areas, including chess. I remember the commission has allocated 50 million dollars on the

Google is a “relatively” young internet brand, having started as a simple search engine back in 1998, but nowadays we simply can’t do without it. Even my 6-years old neighbor knows that he should “ask Google” if he is interested in something (meaning video games).

Google has set up a special page with Google Timeline and information about the Project 10 to the 100th.

Greg has the three essential qualities in a Leader: he’s scrupulously honest, highly competant and doesn’t piss people off. He’s got lots of experience in creative chess organization/ management: the New York Masters, the US Chess League, the US Chess School.
He knows everyone in the chess world and has no enemies. Total strangers buy him chocolate…Read more on Elizabeth Vicary Blog

MORE than 7m people a day watched Liverpool over the internet during the 4th European Open Championships held in the city. The tournament at the city’s World Museum attracted record internet viewing figures, with 65m web visits for the whole tournament.

Website hits smashed the old record of 5m a day, recording a 250% increase on last year. Professor David Robertson, principal organiser, said: “