Blogs about: Chess Players
The Fabulous 00s: The 2007 Miami International Open
nezhmet wrote 9 months ago: When my good Word Press blog buddy FM Marcel Martinez (we cross-link, you see [wink wink]) told me a … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The National Open 2001
nezhmet wrote 11 hours ago: Playin’ At The Riviera The Las Vegas National Open is always a good time. The Riviera hotel … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The NY International 2008 Part Deux
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nezhmet wrote 2 weeks ago: More Games, More Drama Here’s a barnburner I played in Round 3 vs. GM Michael Rohde. IM M. Gi … more »
The Fabulous 70s: Boris Baczynskyj!
nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: The chess world lost a nice guy in January of 2008 when Boris Baczynskyj passed away. See also a Che … more »
The Fabulous 70s: 3 Chess People and a Beautiful Woman ... Plus, Petrosian Tidbits
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nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: 4 Peeps Hangin’ Out in 1976 Upper left: Louis D. Statham, the famous patron of the Lone Pine … more »
The Fabulous 60s: Dr. Neil McKelvie on Arnold Denker
nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: MG Note: This guest article by Dr. Neil McKelvie, long-time MCC official and Professor of Chemistry … more »
The Fabulous 00s: A New Chess.FM Segment
nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: Upholding the Sicilian - A new Chess.FM Segment I am preparing a series of ICC Chess.FM lectures on … more »
The Fabulous 70s: Rewarding the Clock-Punching Monkey
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nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: The Good and the Evil Inherent in Clock Punching Monkeys I was titillated to read in a recent CLO Ir … more »
The Fabulous 00s: Understanding the Flying Phallus Attack
nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: What did the Flying Phallus Portend? The world (more than 300,000 views on YouTube) has now seen the … more »
The Fabulous 00s: Dos Hermanas OTB 2008
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nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: Topalov-Vallejo - What the Dealio in this Classical Ruy Lopez? This game from Dos Hermanas OTB (G/20 … more »
Baku Chess round 3
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Nikita wrote 2 months ago: Azerbaijan is now a world of chess! GrandMasters in the world of Chess are there for this presti … more »
The Fabulous 70s: Arthur Bisguier and other American Powerhouses
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nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: The 1970s (post-Fischer boom) were a great time to play in tournaments in the USA. Here’s one … more »
The Fabulous 80s: The Inimitable Kamran Shirazi
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nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: Iranian International Master Kamran Shirazi was a fixture on the NY Chess Scene in the 1980s and a d … more »
The Fabulous 00's: The Headache of Dos Hermanas Online Blitz
nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: ICC is hosting every year a relatively big money (2,000 Euros [$3,400] first) online blitz (3 0 time … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The Magic and Delight of Foxxxwoods, Connecticut
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nezhmet wrote 4 months ago: Nostalgia First Here’s a photo from Lone Pine 80. Note the fancy name tags. I have the black … more »
Judith Polgar and Peter Svidler
Nikita wrote 4 months ago: Judith Polgar was born in Hungary on 23 July 1976. Her childhood consisted of an extensive ches … more »
The Fabulous 00s: Never Let Chess or Bridge Bums Near Vast Amounts of Cash
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nezhmet wrote 4 months ago: Watch Out for Games Playing Bums with Twinkly Gazes and Large Piles of Cash Sitting Nearby As report … more »
The Fabulous 00s: Curing the GGGg Debacle at the US Amateur Team East 2008
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nezhmet wrote 4 months ago: The Steve Doyle Principle As a rule of thumb, if there is ever anything dubious in the Amateur Team … more »
The Fabulous 80s: The Mighty Cochrane Gambit
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nezhmet wrote 5 months ago: I was always up for the experimental gambit here or there especially at free-wheeling New York City … more »
