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GM Rogers: The Mouse that Roared, Part 1

by Ian Rogers Australia recently celebrated its 25th anniversary as World Telechess Champion. The story of Australia’s 8-0 victory over the Soviet Union on the way to World Championship glory in 1990 is the stuff of legend, but few know that these two chess powerhouses had been telechess rivals...

GM Rogers: The Week of Living Dangerously

Levon Aronian’s World Championship hopes are over for the next two years after failure in his ground-breaking visit to Baku for the World Cup. Levon Aronian, triumphant winner of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis earlier this month, needed to reach the World Cup final to qualify for the...

GM Rogers: We’re All Crazy Now

Thursday’s gala screening in Saint Louis of the new Hollywood depiction of the life of Bobby Fischer – Pawn Sacrifice – evoked mixed feelings from the audience of Grandmasters and chess fans. Pawn Sacrifice is well made and stays reasonably close to the well known facts of Fischer’s rise...

GM Rogers: Li Chao Down but Not Out

It might be thought that Li Chao’s impressive match win this month over Peter Leko would be cause for celebration in China, but Li’s rise up the world rankings – now #14 – is resulting in severe embarrassment for the Chinese Chess Federation. Normally, Li’s recent impressive performances would...

GM Rogers: The Greatest?

The 2015 Sinquefield Cup is about to commence, so we are revisiting Ian Rogers’ 2014 post. Fabiano Caruana’s win of the 2014 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis has provoked fierce debate over whether the Italian’s performance was the greatest tournament result of all time. Caruana won his first seven games...

GM Rogers: Let’s Get Physical

Competitive chess is recognised as a sport in a majority of countries in the world, usually classified as a mind sport alongside bridge. In the UK – as in most Anglo countries – the definition of sport concentrates on physical activity rather than competition, leading to model plane flying,...

GM Rogers: The Vanishing

  During the years of the Soviet Union, prominent figures would be airbrushed from history if they became an embarrassment to the USSR government. The most prominent chess figure to suffer this treatment – and there were many – was Viktor Korchnoi (pictured cover and left), who defected to...

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