Chess Stuff
Whiskey advertisement 1946
Kentucky Tavern {whiskey} ad in 1946
You can find more vintage ads here..http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/Magnus Carlsen No.1
Adams, Michael (2710) – Carlsen, Magnus (2848)
4th London Chess Classic London ENG 2012-12-06
Carlsen No.1 in the world and surpassing Kasparov’s rating …
Not only a win in a super tournament but a 2661 rating to boot — highest rating in chess history.
Extreme Amazing Super-Chess! (Chess.)
This chess match is a real game changer. Written and performed by John Luke Roberts …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1bpMamCtY
Four little words..You hate to hear
…I told you soVeterans Day Salute
The phrase ‘Have a coke ‘ expresses the friendliness and hospitality that come second-nature to your Yankee fighting man.
Its his way of saying,Pardner,you belong; you’re a good Joe…
CNN on the London Grand Prix
The US cable news channel CNN visited this year ‘s London Grand Prix opening reception and first round,also they interviewed Andrew Paulson..
According to Paulson, who bought the commercial rights to organize all the major World Championship cycle events, 600 million people actually play chess . He sees an obvious business opportunity and intends to rebrand the game for global tv and internet audiences.
You can see the video here http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2012/09/25/mclaughlin-uk-chess-rebrand.cnn
Back to School
Hatley High is not your typical High School and its legendary sports team,the Knights are not your typical jocks..
A rental worth viewing is this 2003 award winning film about the new kid[Tommy] making all the right moves in school, his life and chess.
Origins of Chess from India
( Thiago Cruz, 2007).
This image is of Sessa who was a legendary vellalar and creator of the game of chess ancestor ,Chaturanga.
This is a detailed map of the Origination and spread of chess from India to the rest of the world from 600 through 1700 AD
Chess Pieces
.. In the year 1527 Vida, bishop of Albay, published a poem about a chess game between “Apollo” and “Mercury”. The rooks were fortifications on the back of an elephant.
Blackburne..Checkers and Chess
A brief history of Joseph Blackburne..the pages from P. Anderson Graham’s book entitled “Mr Blackburne’s Games at Chess” 1899
- FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki 2013 May 21, 2013FIDE is pleased to announce the fourth stage of the FIDE Grand Prix Series will be held in Thessaloniki (Greece) between the 21st of May and 4th of June 2013. The 5-star Makedonia Palace Hotel and its owner, international business investor and philanthropist Ivan Savvidi, are FIDE's sponsors for the 12-player Grand Prix Chess Tournament. "This even […]
- Chess video from national TV in South Africa May 21, 2013This youtube link is to a South African national TV programme regarding a chess in schools project in South Africa.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQqoAnAhs3I […]
- Replacement of GM Nadezhda Kosintseva May 21, 2013GM Nadezhda Kosintseva has withdrawn from the Women's Grand Prix and she has been replaced by the next highest rating reserve, GM Tatiana Kosintseva who will take over the calendar allocations of the withdrawn player. […]
- Congratulations to Serzh Sargsyan May 20, 2013The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was re-elected as the President of the Armenian Chess Federation.Please download the congratulations from the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. […]
- Bela Khotenashvili is the winner of Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix May 15, 2013Bela Khotenashvili became the winner of Neva Fondation Women Grand Prix In the last round Georgian player Bela Khotenashvili managed to make a draw against Anna Ushenina and won the tournament. Her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk had to win the game in order to catch the leader but Slovenian player didn’t get anything out of the opening and drew against Alexandr […]
- Nakamura Ties for Second in Norway May 20, 2013Hikaru Nakamura, the #1 rated player in the US, had a fine performance at Norway Chess, tying for second with Carlsen, a half point behind tournament winner Karjakin. […]
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- Dreams & Extremes for Nakamura in Norway May 16, 2013GM Ian Rogers writes about the dreams that created Norway Chess 2013 and the extremes of our #1 rated player GM Hikaru Nakamura there so far. […]
- Boor & Rosen Top Chicago Chess Center Invitational May 16, 2013Carl Boor and Eric Rosen topped the Chicago Chess Center UNAM Invitational. See key games and find out more about the CCC, which aims to create a metropolitan chess center in Chicago. […]
- Kamsky Wins 4th Title in Armageddon May 13, 2013The 2013 U.S. Championship went extra innings today in a gripping tiebreak final. After splitting a pair of rapid games, GM Gata Kamsky won $30,000 and his fourth title in an Armageddon game against GM Alejandro Ramirez, who was seeking his first title. […]