Over four million moves and €10,000 raised in a charity marathon
The French Chess Federation liaised with the Fondation de France to fights the coronavirus and organized 24-hour chess marathon in cooperation with Lichess, Blitzstream, Europe-Echecs, Chess24, Variantes, and Apprendre-les-Echecs. The event, held on May 2, was broadcasted by the most popular streamers in the country (including Kévin Bordi, FM Sylvain Ravot, and John Cappon) to mobilize the French-speaking chess community towards making […]
FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup: Europe trailing China after Day 3
China continues to lead the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup with four regular rounds to go. It’s Europe that’s having the best chances to join them in Sunday’s Superfinal. Team USA defeated and leapfrogged Russia in the standings, while India and the Rest of the World are out of contention by this point. Round 05 The round started […]
Andor Lilienthal: 99 years of prowess
May 5 is the birthday of Andor (Andre) Lilienthal who lived a very long and eventful life. He was one of the 27 original grandmasters awarded the title by FIDE in 1950. His mother was a singer and father a racer, so the family traveled a lot. The future grandmaster was born in 1911 in Moscow, then the Russian […]