World Chess Championship Blog

News, views, and feedback on my World Chess Championship web site (see links). Any comment about the World Chess Championship is welcome on any post.

02 April 2025

It's Later Than You Think

A number of complications -- a failing PC, two new chess960 correspondence events, complications around an inheritance, tax season, vacation...

26 March 2025

Benko Wasn't Paid

I added a new clipping to the page (C08) Zonals 1969-1972 (m-w.com), under the zonal titled '5 New York 1969-11'. It's taken ...

19 March 2025

Portrait of Hou Yifan

This month's featured photo on my main blog, Enhanced Chess Art (March 2025), won over another photo on the short list that I also want...

12 March 2025

Boris Spassky (1937–2025)

The Fischer - Spassky era is officially over. Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88 | Reuters (1:15) • '[Published on...

26 February 2025

Feedback on C02 Zonals

At the start of the previous post, Feedback on C10 Zonals (February 2025), I wrote, During the six months of inactivity mentioned in [a] ...

19 February 2025

Feedback on C10 Zonals

During the six months of inactivity mentioned in my recent post, Now I'm Here (January 2025), I received a number of relevant comments ...

12 February 2025

FCPC Backs Down

The previous post on this blog, FIDE Asserts Its Authority (February 2025), ended with a statement from FIDE:- Attempts by FCPC [Freestyl...

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