In one of his books, famous American Chess teacher, Yasser Seirawan says something like: “Before you become a great chess player, you have to endure many years of losses” (paraphrased)…
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The culture of giving odds in chess has been around since time immemorial. To balance the playing strength equilibrium, the inferior player will be allowed to play with a certain…
It appears this is an election year for most of the Chess Federations. But let me salute the new Namibia Chess Federation president, Israel Shilongo, who is president of his…
Mark Dvoretsky was a Russian International Master, trainer and writer. But eclipsing his international master title, was his training ability. Along the way, he found his purpose in chess writing…
Congratulations to GM Fabiano Caruana on winning the 2018 Candidates Tournament. He now has the licence to challenge the World Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, after failing in the last round…
Commenting on the ongoing 2018 Berlin Candidates Tournament last week, Susan Polgar wrote on some Facebook page and said something like: “The mistake Kramnik made was to beat Aronian in…
The dramatic manner in which he has qualified for the 2018 Batumi World Chess Olympiad, makes Prince Daniel Mulenga the happiest person in Zambia. Mulenga’s dreams of qualifying for Georgia…
Great news from Malawi. Junior Chess player, Yebo Sanga has been named the 2017 Malawi Junior Sportsman of the year at the award ceremony. It means a lot to me,…
