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ANU Chess Club member Andrey Bliznyuk steered me in the direction of an alternative, and interesting, chess news source. Chess-news.ru is a...

Putting my mind to things long ago (well 30 years or so), I'm trying to remember the earliest chess playing program I ever saw. It may h...

The 2011 World Cup started yesterday, and already some players are ready to return home. Unfortunately one of this players is Australian GM ...

Justice John Purdy , former Australian Champion, has passed away at the age of 75. Purdy was the son of Cecil Purdy, and won the Australian ...

One game, one move. Often this is the difference between becoming World Champion and just being 'unlucky'. Not only does it happen u...

An interesting titbit in the Chessvibes report on the French Championship. The tournament schedule had to be re-arranged after 230 chess cl...

The 2011 FIDE World Cup starts tomorrow (or in a couple of days), with the 128 participants due to arrive in Khanty-Mansiysk. There are a co...