Archive for April 1st, 2009

Capablanca brought us a 10×8 version of chess; Bobby gave us Fischer Random; Yasser Seirawan has one with two new pieces. Famous players tend to do this at the end of their active careers. But Vassily Ivanchuk has just turned forty, and is at the hight of his chess powers. His is easily the raciest of all the chess variants we know. He explains it in an article and a remarkable three-part video interview.

After dropping its efforts to make chess an Olympic discipline FIDE has now
abandoned its “doping tests”, so that players will no longer be hounded
by medical officials after their games. The decision allows our company to release
a new line of Training Enhancement products which until now it had to hold back due to the IOC restrictions. Order
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After dropping its efforts to make chess an Olympic discipline FIDE has now
abandoned its “doping tests”, so that players will no longer be hounded
by medical officials after their games. The decision allows our company to release
a new line of Training Enhancement products which until now it had to hold back due to the IOC restrictions. Order
now or first read more about our new products.

Are you baffled by the global financial crisis? Are the contradictory statements put out by various experts confusing you? Then listen to this interview with one of the world’s leading economists, Kenneth S. Rogoff, who very lucidly explains the current situation, its causes and its possible remedies. Ken is also a chess grandmaster, and in 1972 he played the following jewel of a game.

Veselin Topalov has once again crossed the 2800 mark, missing his highest-ever rating, 2813, by one point. The Bulgarian is 29 points ahead of the second-ranked player, World Champion Vishy Anand, and a resounding 53 points ahead of former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Vassily Ivanchuk is the big loser in the latest list, shedding 33 points and dropping from third to 12th. Top lists.

Capablanca brought us a 10×10 version of chess; Bobby gave us Fischer Random; Yasser Seirawan has one with two new pieces. Famous players tend to do this at the end of their active careers. But Vassily Ivanchuk has just turned forty, and is at the hight of his chess powers. His is easily the raciest of all the chess variants we know. He explains it in an article and a remarkable three-part video interview.