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GM Jennifer Shahade pops up again… This time in the buff at a Max Euwe Event.
You gotta love Grand Master Jennifer Shahade. Her wild tactics to grab the audience and shock them is a skill that she seems to have perfected. She not only grabs the attention of her fans but she takes a unique game that is stereotyped for geeks and sexualizes it into a very exciting and intriguing fun game that makes you want to dig in and discover all that the deep world of chess has to offer.
Grand Master Jennifer Shahade in the buff
The event took place in De Kring, a location already special on account of the many chess players and artists who made the club both famous and infamous. On sunday evening the setting was even more special as visitors were immediately confronted upon entry with a chess performance by Jennifer Shahade of her creation of in the buff Chess, this time as a simul against three chess playing, nude artists’ models. The lighting created dramatic shadows against the back wall while Shahade walked from board to board in her beautifully stylized dress. Against this back-drop Hans Böhm smoothly introduced the audience to the various acts. Read more about this event here…
ChessManiac.com conducted an interview with Jennifer in 2006 that you might want to read.
U.S. Chess Championships - A History by bill - 05-20-2012
In December 1845, Charles Henry Stanley (1819-1901) beat Eugene Rousseau (1810-1870) in a match in what was considered the first unofficial U.S. chess championship. It was played at the Sazerac Coffee House in New Orleans. The match was played for ...
Hikaru Nakamura – 2012 U.S. Chess Champion by bill - 05-19-2012
Hikaru Nakamura (Heh-CAR-uh NAH-kuh-muh-rah) won the 2012 U.S. chess championship after defeating Yasser Seirwan in 30 moves.
Nakamura was born on December 9, 1987 in Osaka, Japan. His father is Japanese and his mother is American.
In 1990, his...
World Chess Championship trivia by bill - 05-19-2012
The 6th game of the 2012 world chess championship between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand was drawn after 29 moves. It was the 6th straight draw. The world championship is half way through, with 6 more games before a tiebreak match. Tomorrow is a re...
Gata Kamsky by bill - 05-17-2012
Gata Kamsky is now leading the U.S. championship by ½ point after defeating Yasser Seirawan in round 9 in 35 moves. Hikaru Nakamura could only draw against Aleksandr Lenderman in 121 moves. Tomorrow Kamsky plays Nakamura in Round 10 of the 11-round ...
2012 U.S. Chess Championship by bill - 05-17-2012
After 8 rounds, top seed Hikaru Nakamura (and ranked #7 in the world) and current U.S champion Gata Kamsky (who won in 1991, 2010, and 2011) both lead with 6 out of 8 points. Both players won their 8th round game. Nakamura beat Alexander Stripunsky i...
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