A big week for KasparovChess.com. A new TWIC TV show. 500 kids play chess in Buenos Aires. Charles Krauthammer is hooked on ICC. Yasser Seirawan says chess is struggling in the real world but booming in cyberspace. Ray Keene pays tribute to Harry Golombek.
- Stephen Leary
KasparovChess.com
A big week for this website. Kasparov played chess with Boris Becker live on CNN. He also played a "United Nations of Chess" simul against 29 kids from around the world. Xiangzhi Bu defeated Teimour Radjabov in the Future World Champions match. Reports from the Amber tournament.
TWIC
A new TV show is available, including interviews with top players such as Kasparov, Kramnik, and Leko. Announcement of the lineup for the Frankfurt Chess Classic.
500 Kids Play Chess in Buenos Aires
Over 500 primary school children played chess in the Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. One of the objectives was to show that "school teaches beyond its walls." Several dozens chess masters gave simuls. [In Spanish.]
Chess Turns Bronx Kid into Honor Student
The family of 10-year-old Evan Alvarez says chess has kept him off the streets and turned him into an honor student. Committed protocol breach by offering Kasparov a draw during his recent online simul.
Lebanon Loves Chess
Chess is rapidly becoming one of Lebanon's most popular games. 200
enthusiasts from around the world are participating in a week-long Asian Cities Chess championship in Beirut, the first competition of its kind to
take place here.
El Pais
Updates and annotations from the Amber tournament in Monaco.
[In Spanish.]
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Krauthammer is Hooked on ICC
Time columnist Charles Krauthammer is hooked on the Internet Chess Club. "Internet chess is less like a San Francisco bathhouse than the terminal stages of alcoholism. Playing chess first thing Sunday morning, which I confess I did last week, is about as close as you can get to drinking aftershave."
Inside Chess
In his publisher's message, Yasser Seirawan writes that while chess is suffering in the real world, it is booming in cyberspace. "Divergence dictates that what doesn’t work in the real world is the most
important in cyberspace and vice versa. Millions of dollars are being
spent on chess in cyberspace and from what I can tell, tens of millions
of more dollars are going to be spent on cyber-chess in the very near
future."
Lubomir Kavalek
In his weekly Washington Post column, Kavalek reports on Kasparov's game against Boris Becker and some tidbits about chessplayers who played tennis.
Shelby Lyman
In his weekly column, Shelby quotes computer scientist Monty Newborn, who says "Chess masters and grandmasters are in a state of denial about how good computers are and have been since Day One." Newborn thinks that if IBM had continued to develop Deep Blue, it would easily beat Kasparov today.
Florencio Campomanes
In his Manila Times column, Campomanes discusses the millennium championship to be held in the Philippines this week.
Terra Ajedrez
GM Amador Rodríguez presents his final reflections on Linares. Daily reports on the Amber tournament. The Internet "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" tournament. Recent tournament results.
[In Spanish.]
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