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.
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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
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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 [...]
Hey dudes. If you’re looking for some more groovy locations to play chess, we have the skinny on where to take a road trip. So load up your VW Bus with your boards, pieces and clocks and follow the positive vibrations to the following locations: Eastern Team Championship, Sheraton Hotel, Stamford, CT (11/4-11/6 or 11/5-11/6): [...]
Chess + Movies = Bad News
Posted: May 28, 2011 in chessTags: Boris Spassky, chess, Chess in Movies, Faye Dunaway, Five Fingers, From Russia with Love, Games, Jennifer Beals, Laurence Fishburne, Queen to Play, Steve McQueen, Thomas Crown Affair
Readers of this blog might wonder why we have written articles on all aspects of chess except chess in the cinema. There are a couple of reasons why this subject has been on the back burner for so long. The first reason is that there are a number of blogs out there that have already [...]
Garry Kasparov: “Would not it be Cool to Play in Suffern?”
Posted: April 1, 2011 in chess, Grandmasters, TournamentsTags: chess, Garry Kasparov, Sidd Finch, Simul
Garry Kasparov the former world champion is close to agreeing to terms to play a simul in Suffern. The negotiations were a long and arduous process which occurred over many months. How did this come to pass? Sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. (Or fiction is a lot like truth). One of the Suffern [...]
New Look, Same Great Taste
Posted: March 24, 2011 in chessTags: Bueno Theme, chess, re-skin, Tournaments
It’s hard to believe, but close to 2 years have passed since we re-launched the Suffern Chess Club website. Due to some prodding by our Vice President and the desire to keep things fresh, we’ve put a new skin on the site and freshened up the welcome page imagery. So here it is, the repackaged [...]
Red Bull “Ping Pong” Commercial
Posted: January 15, 2011 in chessTags: chess, Chess Commercial, Commercials, Ping Pong, Red Bull
We always enjoy posting commercials that relate to the enjoyment of chess. A couple of weeks ago I remember seeing this one out of the corner of my eye while I was having dinner somewhere. It was hard to track the video down, mainly because the word chess doesn’t appear in the title! The [...]
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 [...]
How can an average player beat two grandmasters?
Posted: September 25, 2010 in chess, Grandmasters, VideoTags: chess, Derren Brown, Magic, Magicians, YouTube
Here’s a You Tube video from the illusionist Derren Brown. See if you can figure out how he went toe to toe during a simul with 9 top British players. If you’re interested in some serious videos on opening theory, check out our Analysis/Games section.
