In Memoriam – GM Vitaly TseshkovskyLegendary Russian Grandmaster Vitaly Tseshkovsky passed away on 24th December in Krasnodar. He attended the Final of Krasnodar Krai Rapid Cup and became ill during the first round. Vitaly Tseshkovsky was twice cha…
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RIP GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky
Published by December 24th, 2011 in RIP, Susan Polgar Chess and Tseshkovsky. 0 CommentsCzech chess playing President Václav Have passed away
Published by December 22nd, 2011 in Czech Republic, RIP, Susan Polgar Chess and Václav Havel. 0 CommentsVaclav Havel accepts Bessel Kok’s resignation. From left Havel, Krizan, Kavalek, Kok.Chess Player Vaclav Havel Posted: 12/21/11 01:28 PM ETBy GM L. KavalekPresident Vaclav Havel died last Sunday and the sad news spread quickly. The Czechs lost one of…
Two sad events have happened these days. The mother of Polina Tsedenova, FIDE Secretariat, and the father of Danara Shovunova, Moscow FIDE office, passed away. We would like to extend our deepest condolences to our colleagues and to the members of t…
Apple’s Steve Jobs died
Published by October 5th, 2011 in Apple, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsApple’s Steve Jobs Is DeadOCTOBER 5, 2011, 8:38 P.M. ET.By YUKARI IWATANI KANE And GEOFFREY A. FOWLERSteven P. Jobs, the Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder who pioneered the personal computer industry and changed the way people think about technology, …
RIP GM Konstantin Lerner
Published by September 25th, 2011 in Lerner, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsGM Konstantin Lerner (1950-2011)Today GM Konstantin Lerner passed away in Hertzlia Israel at the age of 61, after a long illness.Lerner was born in 1950 in Odessa, Ukraine. He played in several USSR championships, finishing second in one of them (in Lv…
RIP: A fighter on the chess board and in life
Published by May 12th, 2011 in RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsWIM Sona Pertlova passes awayA fighter on the chess board and in life The member of the Czech Olympiad Team 2008 WIM Sona Pertlova died this Sunday after a long fight with cancer. She was 23. Sona Pertlova who was also a top-level athlete chose to ai…
Friday April 8, 2011Parr’s passingChessBY QUAH SENG SUNLarry Parr had made himself such a familiar face on the local chess circuit that he will be missed by his friends in Malaysia. IN the week that I want to share with you a few games from the rece…
Legendary actress Liz Taylor passes away at 79
Published by March 23rd, 2011 in Actress, Hollywood, Legend, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsLegendary Actress Elizabeth Taylor Dies at Age 79By PopEater StaffPosted Mar 23rd 2011 09:00AMElizabeth Taylor, whose acting talent and made-for-tabloids personal life combined to make her one of Hollywood’s most alluring and lasting figures, died Wedn…
World class math wizard and chess champ
Published by February 7th, 2011 in Australia, Chess and math, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAustralia loses a world-class maths wizard and chess champFebruary 8, 2011GREGORY JOHN HJORTHMATHEMATICIAN, CHESS PLAYER14-6-1963 — 13-1-2011By GUY RUNDLE’YES, I’m a mathematician, but look, it’s 20 years since I’ve done any counting,” Greg Hjorth, …
‘Chess Teacher of America’
Published by November 22nd, 2010 in Larry Evans, Reno, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsPhoto by Jami AnsonEvans remembered as ‘Chess Teacher of America’By Guy Clifton • November 21, 2010Larry Evans was a United States chess champion at 19, a grandmaster at 25 and one of the foremost journalists and authors on the sport over the past 4…
RIP GM Larry M. Evans
Published by November 16th, 2010 in Larry Evans, Nevada, Reno, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsI just received the following from IM Dr. Anthony Saidy:”Washoe Hospital in Reno, Nevada just confirmed to me the death today, Nov. 15, 2010, of 5-time US Chess Champion Larry M. Evans, from complications of gallbladder surgery over two weeks ago. He i…
RIP 3-time World Senior Champion GM Klovans
Published by October 7th, 2010 in Latvia, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsGM Janis Klovans9 April 1935 – 5 October 2010Grandmaster Janis Klovans passed away on 5 October 2010. The sad news was confirmed by Alexei Shirov in the Russian-language chess forums.As we wrote in issue 3440 on his 75th birthday, Klovans “won the worl…
RIP Rev. Lindell BradyLong time Michigan chess player Rev. Lindell Brady passed away, September 23rd 2010.From Mlive obit:Rev. Lindell Brady was founding pastor of Grace Emmanuel Church in Flint.Today, the church has about 1,500 members and a structur…
RIP GM Bent Larsen
Published by September 10th, 2010 in Bent Larsen, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsBent Larsen passed away yesterdayDenmark’s chess legend Bent Larsen passed away September 9thDenmark’s greatest chess player ever, Bent Larsen, passed away Thursday evening, the 9th of September. Danish Chess Union President Lars-Henrik Bech Hansen …
Chairman Of The Egyptian Chess Federation Passed Away
Published by August 14th, 2010 in Egypt, RIP and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsA Tragic Loss: Mr. Hussein Nafady Chairman Of The Egyptian Chess Federation Passed AwayEgypt lost on Saturday 14th of August one of the most loyal and honorable persons: Mr.Hussein Nafady -Chairman of the Egyptian Chess Federation-who passed away after…
