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Photo Chess Trivia: Happy Birthday on Jan 30 to a Chess Legend (Identify him)
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Here's wishing a very happy birthday to a chess legend for January 30. May chess continue to fulfill him and may...
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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to Attend Sochi Olympics 2014
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Norwegian Television TV2 has quoted World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen's manager, Espen Agdestein, as saying...
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Gibraltar Chess: Paehtz, Short Hold First Master Class
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,On Wednesday evening at the Caleta Hotel we were treated to the first of four Master Classes planned for this...
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 1: Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian begin with...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014Hello everyone,The strongest-ever chess tournament - Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 - has begun with a bang. Two of the three chess...
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8th Georgy Agzamov Chess Memorial in Tashkent May 4-24
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014Hello everyone, The latest FIDE chess tournament update is that the Uzbekistan Chess Federation is holding the 8th Tashkent...
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Blitz Chess Team Event at Gibraltar Festival: China Dragon, 50-50 Joint Winners
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,An interesting blitz team chess event was held this Thursday at the ongoing Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014. China...
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Movie Chess Trivia: This Scene is from Which Indian Classic?
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Here's a chess scene trivia question: Can you name the classic movie? Hint: It's an Indian movie from the 1970's....
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 2: Anand loses to Nakamura,...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,The Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 2 was as interesting as the first though with just once decisive game. All...
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RIP GM Gyula Sax
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,The Hungarian Chess Federation has informed that Grandmaster Gyula Sax passed away on 25th January after a heart...
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Gibraltar Chess Traditional Battle of the Sexes Rapid: Women beat the Men!
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Saturday night will undoubtedly become one of the most memorable social events of the 10-day Tradewise...
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 3: Nakamura Misses Win, Loses to Carlsen
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Thousands of chess fans spent Saturday night getting more than their money's worth watching Round 3 at the Zurich...
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Africa Junior Chess Open 2014: IM Moheb Ameir, Caxito Esperanca Win
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Here's the latest chess tournament news update via FIDE: The African Junior U20 Open Chess Championship and...
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 4: Carlsen beats Caruana, Gelfand loses to...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014Hello everyone,World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen before the start of his game that would end in victory over Fabiano Caruana....
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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to attend Brazil Chess Fest in March
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will visit Brazil from 4th March to participate in the 13th Torneio Aberto...
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Dare-to-Challenge-Me Gal Chess Photo Trivia: Who's She?
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Here's one of the strongest gal chess Grandmasters on the planet. Can you name her?From Alexandra...
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 5: Magnus Carlsen Top Scores in Classical...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,The Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 had only one decisive game in Round 5. Against the Marshall-Gambit, Levon...
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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014: Magnus Carlsen wins Tournament despite Collapse...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen begins the rapid section, at the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014, with a win over...
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Photo Chess Trivia: Name the Birthday Girl with Russian Chess Talent in her...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,A sweet and talented Russian Grandmaster turned 25 on February 4. Can you identify her? She also just won the...
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Michael Adams Chess Simul in Shropshire March 1
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,Here's some chess simul news for all fans of British Grandmaster Michael Adams. The Shropshire Chess Association...
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Photo Chess Trivia: Name all GMs, Event and Record!
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014 Hello everyone,This is surely the easiest chess photo trivia question you are likely to encounter this whole week. Name the...
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