Congratulations to Justus Williams for making Master this past week.  Justus Williams is now the official record holder for the youngest African American Chess Master in the history of the game.  I had the fortunate opportunity to play Justus while he visited Atlanta during the 2010 National Elementary Chess Championships.  ... Read More

I just came across this interesting post on Bobby Fischer.  Mark Ginsburg is trying to identify the other people in the photo. Complete Post here ... Read More

It was the best-kept secret of the year: Magnus Carlsen, at 18 already the fourth highest ranked player in the world, has won the legendary Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest player in chess history, as his personal trainer. The goal is to make Magnus the world's number one in the course of the coming year. The Norwegian newspaper VG has broken the news.

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I have been told by some of the viewers that they miss seeing photos in the posts. So here are some older ones that will appear in the gallery and on some syndicated websites. ... Read More