The US Chess League team from Philadelphia has announced that they are changing their name from the Masterminds to the Inventors. It seem...

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It's nice to see that disgraced talk show host Don Imus has landed a new gig -- involving chess, no less. Ben is back! Thanks to a post...

And now for the back of the milk carton edition of BCC Weblog ... Adam Fletcher is looking for our help in tracking down a piece from a rar...

Organizing a game of human chess can be a challenging endeavor. For example, who gets to be which piece? Certain [pieces] are more popular t...

The West Weekly section of yesterday's Sunday Boston Globe included a story on the chess exploits of the Frenklakh family (Valery, his s...

I've been away for awhile and just got a chance to read this e-mail from Brian Salomon: Members of the chess community may wish to know ...

So incredibly bad, it's humorous!

From " At Pleasant Valley, chess is a school sport " at The Herald-Mail: It's a competitive game of strategy, but team adviser...

Paul MacIntyre forwarded an e-mail thread to me which included the following post from USCF Executive Board candidate Joe Lux: Posted: Mon A...

Long time readers will recall that we've previously addressed the annual Chess Journalists of America (CJA) Awards with both seriousness...

Freakonomics author Steven D. Levitt shares a childhood chess story .

Here is an update on the standings of the Paramount A-section: 3.5/4 Ed Astrachan (1859) 4.0/5 Ruben Portugues (1819) 3.0/5 Evan Sonkin (...

IM Ben Feingold's blog and Rob's Chess Blog have both been hijacked. Be careful out there.

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Read Mark's gracious concession post . The 1972 Fischer - Spassky World Championship match souvenir will make a fine addition to the Boy...

Kansas sixth grader Hannah Dalke has learned some key tactics from her coaches on how to win more games and move up the scholastic rankings....

From " District may vet workers more fully " at The Boston Globe ( bold italics are mine): Job candidates and volunteers in the L...

In my post " How many chess blogs are there anyway? " I laid out the following proposition: ..."In the next two hours, I bet ...

To be honest, it is sometimes difficult to find chess at Chess Patzer Theories . However, that doesn't mean there isn't any interest...