The Closet Grandmaster

Like many of you I was shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of Arianne Caoili. Her husband, Levon Aronian, announced the news on Twitt...

In case you've been somehow unconnected with today's social media sites or online forums related to chess, then you might have misse...

I am so very upset this morning to have learnt of the untimely passing of my friend Malcolm Pyke. We happen to be friends on Facebook, too, ...

I'm pretty sure that there's a chess connection in this video. But you'll need to look very closely.

After many weeks not paying much attention to any sort of chess-related news (I even missed Doeberl !), this morning I logged on to Chessbas...

This is a bit unexpected. New Zealand chess rep, Natasha Fairley, who I'm sure plenty of Australian chess players know very well, will a...

The past week has been a Chinese trifecta. Zhao Jun won the Hastings tournament, Ni Hua pulverized almost everyone at the Aussie Open and th...

I meant to post something about the ongoing  Aussie Chess Open much earlier, but with the rush to head back to Tokyo and immediately havin...

Look what I spotted in Sydney's Pitt St yesterday. When I saw the chess boards, my first thought was that Pablo Williams, The Jamaican ...

I don't get much chess action myself these days, at least not over the board. But I still follow the top events closely. Thanks to Apple...