Tonight’s Kenilworth Chess Club meeting has been cancelled. Please joins us on March 4th for the Hamilton-Kramniks match.
Archive for February 25th, 2010
#635 Tonight’s Meeting Cancelled
Thursday, February 25th, 2010#635 Tonight’s Meeting Canceled
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Tonight’s Kenilworth Chess Club meeting has been canceled. Please joins us on March 4th for the Hamilton-Kramniks match.
Snow Closes Kenilworth Chess Club Tonight
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The Kenilworth Chess Club will be closed tonight due to expected snow, and the Garden State League match between the Kenilworth Kramniks vs Hamilton has been rescheduled to March 4th at Kenilworth. The Kenilworth Quads will start March 11th and finish up on the 18th and 25th. It will be USCF rated.
Tobey Maguire Considers Bobby Fischer Role
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
A passing reference in a Deadline Hollywood article notes that Steven Knight recently completed work for Columbia Pictures “on Pawn Sacrifice, a drama about Bobby Fischer’s unlikely victory over Russian chess champ Boris Spassky. Tobey Maguire is producing and eyeing the Fischer role.” This may be the same project mentioned here last May (see Bobby Fischer on Film) based on Bobby Fischer Goes to War which had been optioned by Universal Pictures but later dropped.
Kuzo Zangpo La – chess projects in Bhutan
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, the Kingdom of Bhutan used to be one of the most isolated nations in the world. Today the country has embraced modernization while retaining its ancient culture and traditions. The President of the Asian Chess Federation sent a delegate to promote the game in schools and support the Olympiad team. Pictorial report by IM Ravi Kumar.
Topalov wins Linares, remains number two in the world
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Francisco Vallejo held Alexander Grischuk to a draw in the final round, and for a while it looked as though Topalov had spoilt a very good position against Boris Gelfand to a draw. But the Israeli played the endgame inaccurately, allowing Topalov to take the full point and tournament victory. In the world live rankings he is now one point behind Magnus Carlsen. Illustrated report with commentary.