Spring is in the air. Time to think of planning your summer vacation. If you’re a chess lover, perhaps you would like to combine a tour of historic Budapest with a game of chess. If you visit the famous Budapest baths, you can do both.According to the Budapest travel site (www.budapesttravel.com) the hot springs that [...]
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Fun Photo – Budapest Baths
Posted: May 5, 2012 in chess, TriviaTags: budapest, budapest baths, chess, hungary
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Fun Photo – Scuba Chess
Posted: April 1, 2012 in chess, VideoTags: hans bohm, Magnus Carlsen, robin swinkels, scuba, scuba chess, underwater chess
This month’s fun photo comes from a game of chess played underwater in Curacao by Dutch grandmaster Hans Bohm vs. Robin Swinkels. Though it is April 1st and last month’s fun photo was a gag, this one is not a joke. We looked up the two players on FIDE and found that Hans has a rating of 2306 [...]
Chess Apparel (T-Shirts and other stuff)
Posted: March 26, 2012 in chessTags: Chess Clothing, Chess T-shirts, Hats, T-shirts
A couple of years ago we surfed the web in search of fun and unique t-shirts related to chess. As a follow-up to our recent post about wacky chess sets, we thought it would be fun to take another look and see if there are some new ideas on how people are expressing their love [...]
Fun Photo of the Month – Chess on a Rollercoaster
Posted: March 15, 2012 in chess, jokesTags: chess, roller coaster
We found this photo while doing a random search on Google images. You might think “this can’t be real” and you would be right! Of course it isn’t real. It is a clever gag inspired by a comic on xkcd.com. If you take another look, you can see the velcro on the pieces … Related [...]
Hi everybody – We don’t normally like to do a lot of self-promotion, but we just wanted to point out that in late February we passed a significant milestone – this blog surpassed 25,000 views! Thanks for coming back to see content from time to time. In the meantime, we’ll keep trying to build fun [...]
Bobby Fischer from 1972 on 60 Minutes Rewind
Posted: March 1, 2012 in chess, Grandmasters, HistoryTags: Bobby Fischer, chess, Grandmasters, Magnus Carlsen
If you poke around the 60 minutes website, you will find that they posted a historic interview with Bobby Fischer on their site as a companion piece to the Magnus Carlsen interview. I’m sure nobody noticed it at the time, but with 20/20 hindsight, this interview is pretty disturbing. It’s clear that Fischer is a great [...]
Magnus Carlsen on 60 Minutes (The Mozart of Chess)
Posted: February 22, 2012 in chess, GrandmastersTags: 60 Minutes, Abstract, Battle Games, Blindfold Chess, Board Games, Bob Simon, chess, Chess prodigy, Games, Magnus Carlsen, Simul
Have you ever wanted to think like a grand master? Check out the following profile of Magnus Carlsen as he explains the thoughts going through his mind while he is interviewed by Bob Simon. The video contains an amazing demonstration of Carlsen playing 10 simultaneous blindfold games.
Shortly after the holiday season, our email inbox become flooded with post-holiday sales specials. While taking a tour around the internet chess stores, we came across some strange chess sets. So without further ado, here’s a short description of the sets and where to find them: French Staunton Pieces These wooden pieces are listed in [...]
King Arthur and Chess Life
Posted: January 13, 2012 in chessTags: Arthur Feuerstein, Board game, Bobby Fischer, chess, Chess Life, France, Germany
Congratulations to Arthur Feuerstein on the great article in this month’s Chess Life magazine. The story, which can be found on page 20 – 25 contains an excellent biography which covers his early days as a young up-and-coming tactician, the challenge to recover from a horrific car accident, to his present day status as a senior [...]
The 2011 Unofficial Club Champion
Posted: January 3, 2012 in chess, TournamentsTags: 2011 Results, Stats, Suffern Chess
At the beginning of each year, it is interesting to take a look back at the results from our tournaments to see who had the best performances at our Wednesday night events. There are some surprises to report this year. For the first time in a long while, the winner of the most events was [...]
