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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Trivia’ Category
Fun Photo – Budapest Baths
Posted: May 5, 2012 in chess, TriviaTags: budapest, budapest baths, chess, hungary
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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 [...]
Louis XVIII Open and Other Tournaments
Posted: November 19, 2010 in chess, Tournaments, TriviaTags: Tournaments
The last Suffern Tournament of 2010 is underway. As I was looking for a unique name for the tournament, I thought it would be interesting to look up famous birthdays for 11/17 and with apologies to Danny DeVito, I decided to honor Louis XVIII who was the last French monarch to die while reigning. Since [...]
10,000 Hours
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Books, chess, TriviaTags: Beatles, chess, Hamburg, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers
Many of you may have heard of Malcolm Gladwell. He’s the author of a number of NY Times best sellers such as Blink and The Tipping Point. One of his recent books – Outliers, published in late 2008 contained an in-depth analysis of what it is that makes certain people successful. One of the most [...]
We’re Growing Stronger
Posted: June 11, 2010 in chess, TriviaTags: Chess Trivia, Lou Ferrigno, Suffern Chess Club, Tournaments
Over the past 12 months or so the impression has been that our club has been adding a bunch of new members who are strong players. In order to double check that theory, I decided to go back and sample a couple of tournaments from each calendar year going back to 2007. The data proves [...]
One of the great things about Chess is that it has a rich history that has been faithfully chronicled for centuries. However, there are very few books that contain details about world record occurrences in chess. In fact, as detailed in Edward Winter’s chess base article (link) the Chess section of the Guiness Book of World Records [...]
State of the Union (Part 2)
Posted: May 5, 2010 in chess, TriviaTags: Cheyenne, Connecticut, Sergey Kudrin, Wyoming
A couple of months ago we posted a column reviewing the size of the chess population in different parts of the country. This article will touch on the chess community in two states – Wyoming and Connecticut. Wyoming According to the December 2009 rating supplement, only 2 players in the USCF are rated in the [...]
The State of the Union
Posted: December 26, 2009 in chess, TriviaTags: chess, Corneliu Rubsamen, Hawaii, Mike Sailer, North Dakota, Robert Lau
As we come to the end of the year, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the state of the US Chess Federation to see how popular the game of chess is across the nation. So, being a marketing analyst by trade, I took a look at the numbers by downloading [...]
News, Jokes, Trivia
Posted: August 8, 2009 in jokes, News, TriviaTags: Chess Jokes, Karpov, Kasparov, News, Suffern, USCF Rules
The site has been updated with a variety of new content for your enjoyment. Feel free to explore the new posts in the news, jokes, and trivia sections. We also have added a new chess store “The Chess Zone” which is a local Haverstraw business that offers a wide variety of resonably priced merchandise on [...]
Celebrity Chess Players (part 1)
Posted: December 12, 2008 in Analysis, chess, TriviaTags: Celebrities, chess, Chess Analysis, Games, Howard Stern, Humphrey Bogart
Chess is a great game that provides enjoyment to professionals and amateurs from all walks of life. Many people who take more than a causal interest in the game begin to learn the names of the great players – Fisher, Kasparov, Anand, Nakamura, Polgar and many others. However it is also entertaining to learn [...]
