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Saturday, September 25, 2010

The Curse of the Egyptian Magician...

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Cue spooky music......wooooooowwoooooooowwoooooooo..... Pediamenopet's Curse 25/09/2010 By Dr. Zahi Hawass Published by Asharq Al-a...

Chess Femme News!

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I don't remember if I picked this up from Dylan Loeb McClain's chess blog at The New York Times so, just in case, here it is:  ...

2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 5 Women

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 Anna Muzychuk  Yes!  Krush v. A. Muzychuk, both players fought hard for a win, but in the end, it was a draw.  USA Women took the matc...

2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 5 Women Photos

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Russian 1 Women's v. China Indian Women v. Iranian Women 

2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 5 Women

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Right now I'm watching Krush v. Anna Muzychuk live action at Chessbomb.  It's a long game - over 55 moves thus far and material is e...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Tang Dynasty Sarcophogus Shows Ties to Silk Road Diversity

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Big noses, hey? How unfortunate and how absolutely abhorrent that the archaeological integrity of this artifact is lost forever due to loo...

2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 4 Women

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The USA did not do so good today, at least, I didn't think so - they split the match with Hungary -- I believe that means each team earn...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

8,000 Year Old Seal from Western Turkey

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From hurriyetdailynews.com 8,000-year-old seal unearthed in western Turkey Monday, September 20, 2010 İZMİR - Anatolia News Agency  ...

2010 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 3

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Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00 Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 28 Argentina (ARG) Rtg 3½: ½ 10.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Luja...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 2 Women

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Getting right to it, USA and Canadian Women's R2 results: Bo. 49 Estonia (EST) Rtg - 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg 1 : 3 6.1 ...

Vietnam Women Aiming for a Xiang Qi Medal at Upcoming Asian Games

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From Vietnam News Chess players hunt for medals September 22, 2010  National senior Chinese chess master Ngo Lan Huong takes part i...

Chess Femme News!

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Some news reports from around the world on their Olympiad Teams' (with emphasis on the women's teams) results in R1: First up, a R...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Young Canadian Teams for 2010 Chess Olympiad

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WIM Yuan Yuanling (western style: WIM Yuanling Yuan) leads the Canadian's Women's Team to the 2010 Chess Olympiad.  Goddesschess was...
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2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 1 Women

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Hola!  Whew, what a day - long and stormy, and a scary walk home from the bus stop with lightning all around. Getting right to it: As expe...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

2010 Chess Olympiad - Pre-Game This and That

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A few notes: I saw a report at Susan Polgar's blog and Chessdom on this story, and went to the source: From Sunday Vision co.ug (...

Romans, Romans Everywhere!

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From Earth Times Blog New finds suggest Romans won big North Germany battle - Feature Posted : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:05:32 GMT By : Jean-B...

Hawk 'Sculpture' Found in Syria - Is it really 12,000 Years Old?

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12,000 year old hawk sculpture from Syria?  A millennium is 1,000 years, and this sculpture is said to be 10 millennia old before present (a...

Nefertiti's Not-So-Extreme Make-over

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SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect ...

Incognito Millionaire Chessplayer Wins $100 at Blitz Championship

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The man playing black pieces won the Championship. I couldn't make this kind of stuff up! Incognito Brooklyn chess prodigy wins the...

2010 Chess Olympiad

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The same old crap from FIDE - total incompetence. Not the least of which - at the FIDE website which I visited about 10 seconds ago, this ...