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Developing Chess Talent – Chess and autism
27.10.2009
– Chess is a suitable sport for many children and adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Scientific research on this subject is lacking, also on an international level, but experience indicates that chess stimulates social, emotional and cognitive development. A new book, "Developing Chess Talent", by Karel and IM Merijn van Delft, uses case histories to illustrate this assumption.
Excerpts.
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Conquer the Kings – a four-way variant of chess
26.10.2009
– Here's a new angle on our beloved game: four players, who can strategically vary their starting position, and then play independently or join forces to capture the enemy kings. "Last man standing" is the winner. Originator Johnny M. Wahl says that this game is friendlier and more easily digestible than regular chess. He has enthusiastic videos to bear this out.
Illustrated report.
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Yazici runs for President of the European Chess Union
26.10.2009
– For twelve years now Boris Kutin has ruled over the ECU. Now he is being challenged by a new candidate, the very dynamic President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici, who will be up for election next year during the Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. "ANY" outlined his goals and presidential intention at his editorial
campaign launch in Novi Sad.
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Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (29)
26.10.2009
– The Editor of Chess
Notes investigates a further batch of discrepancies arising from game-scores. Three of them involve Capablanca (against S. Coleman, F.J. Marshall and T.H. Tylor), and two concern Alekhine
(against R. Réti and F. Reinfeld). For instance, regarding the famous game Réti v Alekhine, Baden-Baden, 1925 three versions of the score have been found.
Can the truth be established?
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Novi Sad: another loss by ringtone
25.10.2009
– Once again modern communications technology struck: in the match Bulgaria vs England GM Alexander Delchev's cellphone went off, leading to an immediate forfeit of the game (watch it on video!). Earlier a player had lost because he was not present at the board for the start of the game. After three rounds of the European Team Championship Serbia leads.
Round three report.
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Humpy replies to Sundar – issues open challenge
25.10.2009
– "The situation is warming up and I’m getting excited!" writes GM Koneru Humpy, the world's second strongest female player. "I know that Mr. Sundar is an old hand at playing chess, especially off the board. He has made his move, which was to be expected. But to my surprise he started with a gambit!!" Humpy replies to the press release of AICF President with a
public debate challenge.
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Tiviakov takes Univé Hoogoveen with a single win
24.10.2009
– Certainly an unusual four-player double round robin. In this "Crown Group" all games but one were draw, so that the winner of that game, Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov, came in first, and the loser, Judit Polgar, last. Vassily Ivanchuk and Anish Giri scored 50%. In the Univé Open English GM Steward Haslinger was first by a full point.
Final report.
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Indian chess champ on city streets
24.10.2009
– She is thirteen, rated 2132, and won the Asian U-14 title in Delhi last month. With her chess career she has made her country proud. But Saranya's childhood is anything but a bed of roses. Her father deserted the family five years ago, and her mother sells small items made of plastic and mud on the pavement of Thiruvottiyur (near Chennai) to eke out a living.
Someone must help this girl.
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Chess in Paradise: the Ravana Challenge in Sri Lanka
24.10.2009
– GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili of Georgia won it, but more relevantly this GM Open was staged in a luxurious five star hotel, the first of its kind in Sri Lanka, with accommodation to the GMs provided in the hotel itself. And there was the free day pleasure trip to Kandy, a world famous tourist spot, where the players got to meet the Indian Ocean and a
bevy of friendly elephants.
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Sundar: Imagination and half truths
23.10.2009
– "I saw GM Koneru Humpy’s letter on your website," wrote D.V. Sunder, Honorary Secretary of the All India Chess Federation. "You normally seek the reaction of the other side, as you have earlier agreed that there is always the other side of any episode." Indeed there usually is. We bring you in full what we received from the AICF: a
letter of clarification.
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How Vodovod promoted into first Serbian division
23.10.2009
– Last September the League of Central Serbia took place in Vrnjacka Banja – one of the second divisions of the country, but with twelve GMs and many IMs and FMs (even the fifth and sixth boards have 2300-2400 rated players). The winner qualifies for the highest Serbian division, while the last one was relegated from the group.
GM Dejan Bojkov reports.
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The hanging bishop...
22.10.2009
– ... was only one of White's problems here after 21... Qxg2, since Black not only threatens 22...Qxe2, but also to take the whole kingside apart.
What is the best continuation for the first player?
A) 22.Nxe6
B) 22.Rd8
C) 22.Bf1
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a
larger version of the diagram.
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