‘. . . Hillary Clinton asserted that Donald Trump is “playing checkers and Putin is playing three-dimensional chess”. . . In fact, there is no evidence that Putin plays chess, and in any case, it is not his sort of game. Chess is a contest of…
Read MoreMore Articles
Bromance Twitter Timeline See also The Election of Arkady Dvorkovich Russia Made the King of Chess. The U.S. Dethroned Him With thanks to Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews)
Read MoreYou said at a press conference last week that FIFA President Gianni Infantino has expressed his interest in cooperation with FIDE if you win the elections. How do you see a cooperation between FIDE and FIFA? ‘I believe this partnership can bring a lot…
Read MoreSuccession planning Dvorkovich is wanted by the @chesspolice for aiding and abetting the sender of this offensive tweet. See also Ilyumzhinov to Run for FIDE President in 2018 Ilyumzhinov Hires Campaign Manager Ilyumzhinov Loses Even More Power as FIDE President The Man Who Bought Chess Kirsan Ilyumzhinov…
Read MoreBy the same author See also Reflections on Garry Kasparov 10 Seconds with Garry Kasparov We Need to Talk about Garry, Part 1: A New Beginning We Need to Talk about Garry, Part 2: Good Decisions We Need to Talk about Garry, Part…
Read MoreMeanwhile Kirsan Ilyumzhinov makes a bold move to save FIDE from bankruptcy.
Read MoreFirst Lesson: One hand grasps the controls in the back of the dummy World Championship challenger Sergei Karjakin with the man who butters his bread For more information Valery Badmayev, Killing a Journalist, Kingpin, 22 November 2015 Bill Browder, Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s No….
Read MoreWhy Life Does Not Imitate Chess Part 3: The Visionary Followers of Garry Kasparov on Facebook will have noted that he has taken to styling himself as a ‘politician’. What’s his track record? All chess players will know about his campaign for FIDE president…
Read More‘Another twenty years of Ilyumzhinov’ – Mikhail Golubev talks to Sarah Hurst Mikhail Golubev became a grandmaster in 1996, the year he won the Ukrainian Championship. He has won or shared first prize in 17 international tournaments and has assisted former world champions Anatoly…
Read More
11
→ Commenting on: King of the Coffee House
Skeptic
→ Commenting on: Chess is Never Square in The Queen’s Gambit
Sarah Hurst
→ Commenting on: Chess is Never Square in The Queen’s Gambit
Frank D Berry Jr
→ Commenting on: Chess is Never Square in The Queen’s Gambit