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Chess picture from Afghanistan
This picture was sent to me by a fellow ChessManiac serving in Afghanistan. Unless I miss my guess, the queens are .50 BMG rounds, the kings .50 BMG casings, the rooks 40mm grenade casings, the bishops 7.62mm rounds, the knights taped 7.62mm casings, and the pawns 5.56mm casings. And it looks like the bases are water-bottle caps.
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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