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ICCF 2 Game Match Pariing - Friday, December 30th 2005 9:24 AM
I've spent a chunk of time over the past couple of days being futzed around by a spambot that is submitting comments to a couple of the archived posts. I've now got the...
Chess Down Under - Tuesday, December 27th 2005 8:44 AM
Those chesseroos really do play differently down there! The photo is actually from the Correspondence Chess Australia Weblog which came to my attention via the latest...
Chess Today - Tuesday, December 27th 2005 7:57 AM
Opened the chess in-box this morning and found the latest edition of GM Alexander Baburin's Chess Today - Number 1876. You can subscribe to a free trial of Chess Today....
A Horse is a Horse - Monday, December 26th 2005 12:40 PM
( Black to move after 14.b4-b5 ) While I was browsing at Goran's Weblog, I noticed he had posted an annotated version of  this game from the 2005 Canadian Open in...
Chess Chronicle Holiday Gift - Monday, December 26th 2005 10:18 AM
Via Goran Urosevic comes word that the team at the Chess Chronicle have just posted the full  latest issue - number 11 - for free download. I must admit that I've...
Chess Chronicle 10 - Sunday, December 18th 2005 8:41 AM
From my busy in-box over the last couple of weeks comes the lastest edition of The Chess Chronicle. This is another big edition with nearly 50 pages of chess news, events,...
More Chess Podcasting - Sunday, December 18th 2005 8:01 AM
Via the Forum at About Chess comes news of the latest addition to the ranks of chess podcasting. Chess Talk is Andrew Ooi's Weblog. Andrew is a self confessed chess addict...
A Quick Update - Saturday, December 17th 2005 7:29 AM
I've got to agree with Sancho Pawnza and his most recent post. It seems that life away from chess and blogging has been extremely busy for the past couple of weeks. Amid all...
I'm an Ocelot - Saturday, December 3rd 2005 11:29 AM
Well, according to TestYourChess.com anyway. I found this site during a lazy morning of chess and Web surfing. It presents games in a similar style to the Daniel King,...
More on Igor Ivanov - Saturday, December 3rd 2005 9:26 AM
Black to move after 23.Rxa4 This week in the Globe and Mail, Jonathan Berry has done his tribute to Igor Ivanov. The game is Alexander Chernin vs Igor Ivanov and was...
Charbonneau Out of FIDE World Chess Cup - Monday, November 28th 2005 5:57 PM
Pascal Charbonneau has lost in two straight games in his first round match against Alexy Dreev. With the tournament being a knockout format unfortunately that means that...
World Chess Cup Upsets - Sunday, November 27th 2005 9:35 PM
Via Susan Polgar's Weblog comes news of several first round upsets at the World Chess Cup. Unfortunately, Canada's Pascal Charbonneau wasn't among them losing his first round...
Chess Podcast - Saturday, November 26th 2005 2:16 PM
After the previous post, I wondered if there are any chess specific podcasts out there. A Google search turned up 168,000 results the first of which is Alexandra Kosteniuk's...
History Podcast - Saturday, November 26th 2005 12:45 PM
Via LearnOutLoud.com comes this short bio of Bobby Fischer. The audio is about seven-and-a-half minutes long and gives a pretty complete summary of Fischer's life.
Chess On Skates - Saturday, November 26th 2005 12:33 PM
Photo: www.legendsofhockey.net If you play to win, as I do, the game never ends.-- Stan Mikita I came across this quote this morning while browsing through the latest...
Baltimore Wins USCL Championship!! - Saturday, November 26th 2005 9:08 AM
Led by Canadian IM Pascal Charbonneau, the Baltimore Kingfishers took the first USCL Championship in decisive fashion this week. The Kingfishers downed the Miami Sharks 3.5 -...
World Chess Cup 2005 - Sunday, November 20th 2005 8:39 AM
Via the Chess Talk Message Board. The FIDE World Chess Cup is set to take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from the 26th of November to the 18th of December. The first...
Igor Ivanov RIP - Saturday, November 19th 2005 4:49 PM
Via the Chess Talk message board comes news of the passing of Igor Ivanov. Ivanov's bio at Canadian Chess. Wikipedia entry. and some games at chessgames.com....
Baltimore Kingfisher Trading Card #1 - Saturday, November 19th 2005 8:43 AM
With a hat tip to DG over at the Boylston Chess Club Weblog. The trading card maker is here.
Players Needed! - Friday, November 18th 2005 7:11 AM
Via the BC Chess Federation Forum. As of late last week, tournament organizer Vas Sladek is still looking for up to ten more players to take part in the 2006 British Columbia...
USCL Playoff Update - Tuesday, November 15th 2005 7:05 PM
  The USCL finals have been postponed. Canadian Champion IM Pascal Charbonneau will lead the way on Wednesday the 23rd as the Baltimore Kingfishers face the Miami...
World Junior Championship - Tuesday, November 15th 2005 6:50 PM
Via The Daily Dirt and Chessbase News there are no Canadian players taking  part in the World Junior Championship. In fact, as Nigel Short reports, there are no North...
The History of The London System III - Sunday, November 13th 2005 8:59 AM
In the comments to my previous post on the history of the London System, authour of the new book Win With the London System, Sverre Johnsen has added some information to the...
Chess Chronicle Sample - Saturday, November 12th 2005 10:02 AM
In the previous post I mentioned Goran Urosevic's Chess News and Events Weblog. It's a page well worth bookmarking or subscribing to the RSS feed. Goran recently got the okay...
What's a Blog Worth? - Saturday, November 12th 2005 9:51 AM
My blog is worth $2,822.70.How much is your blog worth? The title sounds a little like the opening for a corny joke! Found this Technorati trick for determining the...