Rio Grande Ospreys Atlanta Kings The two new teams along with the new divisional/playoff format.. The top three teams in each division will qualify for the playoffs. Also, one of the fourth place teams will as well. {10 spots available} USCL 2014 Starts on August 26! Official Site http://uschessleague.com/ Week 1… Continue reading
The Second Annual Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament in Jerusalem, Israel features an 8-game rapid match between GM Boris Gelfand and GM Peter Svidler [July 20-24] Svidler scores a point playing Black {K.I.D} and takes the lead going into the last day.. Rd6 GM Gelfand- GM Svidler 1-0 …..8.… Continue reading
Prince Albert/Vintage Ad (checkers): You win either way when you’ve got P.A. Continue reading
Fabiano Caruana wins the tournament; actually he had it in the bag with a point and a half advantage going into the last round. He drew his last round game (Comments) and the remaining were all wins with the White pieces. Adams vs Baramidze White To Play Meier… Continue reading
GM Fabiano Caruana (left) marches on with a fine win against British GM Michael Adams. Fabiano played against the “Berlin Wall” and nurtured his Kingside majority of Pawns right into the ending. White (Caruana) To Play http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2014/ Continue reading
Roadside Chess : amazingseasia This picture was taken on Silom road / Bangkok (Taken Apr 12 2014) Continue reading
GAME TABLES… Choose from over 100 games including checkers, caroms, crokinole and billiards with the Carrom Game Board. It features a 3/16 in. thick hardboard playing surface with coated paper graphics and a handsome wood grain design. Included with the game board are 44 playing pieces with two cue sticks,… Continue reading
Canasta “Basket Rummy” A complimentary 15 page booklet 1949{?} in how to play Canasta from Lembermens Mutual casualty Co. Each player/team keeps separate melds of the various ranks of cards. A player may never play to an opponent’s meld. A legal meld consists of at least three cards of the same… Continue reading
GM Peter Leko In the fifth round of Dortmund GM Peter Leko put in a smooth win against GM Arkadij Naiditsch. It was an exchange variation of the Queen’s Gambit where White (Leko) slowly mobilized his Kingside Majority of Pawns rather than try a Minority Attack. In doing so… Continue reading
More Caruana ! All games were drawn (rather boringly) in Round 3 and Fabiano won again in Round 4. He was on the White side of a Steinitz French and DEFENDED very well. Defense / Defense / Defense. He was VERY safe and had opposite colored Bishops. Black appeared to… Continue reading
