At sparks , Martin posts a negative review of MDLM's book and improvement approach. I bought this book in the hopes that I would learn ...

OK, it was 42 years ago but who's counting? Dave Couture, webmaster for the Wachusett Chess Club, pointed me to several rare photographs...

It's the Jack Daniels chess set -- not... "...a whiskey version of those vodka-shot chess sets that were popular a couple of years ...

In China, a woman battles rats with her chess set .

Brian at New York Daily Photo shares his pictures of the Marshall Chess Club .

The story goes that Greg Shahade thought up the idea for the US Chess League while sitting in a dentist's chair. Whether it's true o...

I just received the following e-mail from the US Chess Federation: Dear USCF Member, Due to a Chess Life error, the following Grand Prix Tou...

Can you imagine 2006 Boylston Chess Club Co-Champion Chris Chase as a software billionaire?

We'll finish off our coverage of the 2006 BCC Championship season with one contest from the Hauptturnier -- my game against 2nd place fi...

Two recent articles in local papers make mention of players associated with the Boylston Chess Club. The first is an article from the MetroW...

Sorry, but this post does not star Ben Kingsley as Bruce Pandolfini .... November 13th marked the two year anniversary of this blog. As a re...

This guy thinks he's finally caught Microsoft red-handed. He posted a video that he believes proves that Microsoft's chess program ...

Thanks to Las Aventuras de Sarakhatkhan I happened upon MyHeritage's Celebrity Look-alike tool . No doubt we'll be having hours of ...

Severine Wamala watches his son play at the 2004 Herb Healy Open

Chris ground down Alex in an ending to tie for first in the Championship. Cherniack,A (2264) - Chase,C (2292) [B06] BCC Championship (9), 11...

So we play chess. Who would reason logically to do such a thing? It's an expression and an art form. A way for folks without control ove...

The battle for third place produced a very entertaining encounter with interesting material imbalances. While observing the game, I thought ...

I'm not one of those people who has nothing but disdain for the Alapin Sicilian. In fact, it's just the opposite. I've been pla...

Nothing really goes together quite as well as chess and fast food -- just look around the skittles room prior to the start of the afternoon ...

Paul's sacrifices didn't work out and as a result Charles captured his piece of the Championship. MacIntyre,P (2334) - Riordan,C (23...