April 2012 ~ Chess Magazine Black and White

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Must Watch Too Funny Chess Video

We found this JUST-TOO-GOOD-TO-MISS chess video via Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog -- Mr Oizo Chess Teaser for New Single!

Fun Chess Photo: Who's the Donkey?

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Beautiful Chess Dance from The Week of Chess Art in Dnipropetrovsk

A special chess event lasting a full week has drawn much applause in Ukraine. The unique event 'Week of Chess Art' was held in Dnipropetrovsk Region of Ukraine from April 19-25. Read a nice report at www.chessblog.com.

Cool Chess Wizard Magnus Carlsen on The Colbert Report

There is just no way you could miss this chess show. World's No. 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen put chess behind him and became a grandmaster in a whole new sport! Watch this chess interview.

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Watch Live - Strongest Chess Training Match Ever: Vladimir Kramnik vs Levon Aronian

The Zurich Chess Challenge (Kramnik vs Aronian) is the most prestigious chess training match ever held. The average rating of the players, Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Levon Aronian (Armenia), is 2810, which means that the forthcoming Zurich Chess Challenge may be considered the strongest chess event of the year. Nominally, it even surpasses the world chess championship match which will be held in Moscow in May. The six-round match between Kramnik and Aronian will take place from 21 to 28 April 2012, with rest days on 23 and 26 April. Check official website here.

Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion - The uniqueness of the forthcoming match, as I see it, is in the fact that for the first time in the modern World Chess Championships history the match between the legitimate world champion and a legitimate candidate won’t be a fight for the title of the strongest chess player of the world. (Click here to read more)

Taxi drivers played chess as their cars lined a street during a strike Monday over tariffs for journeys to and from a new Berlin airport. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)