The Chess Players Society of Nigeria

In an age when two billion photographers are loose on the planet it is nice to see a few professionals who take their work seriously. One is Fred Lucas of The Netherlands, who was providing us with stunning portraits before digital cameras became essentially a grocery store items. Fred was in Mainz, busy and creative. Here a sample of his work.

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The World Junior Championship is being held in Gaziantep, the Economic Centre of Turkey, from 2 to 16 August. The event has 22 GMs, five WGMs, 23 IMs, 14 WIMs, 15 FMs and 27 WFMs among the 195 players from 60 countries playing in the championship. Guess who is equal second, after four rounds, in the boy’s section. A 14-year-old Chinese girl! Illustrated report.

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Two of the strongest young players in the world today are Ian Nepomniachtchi
and Francisco Vallejo Pons. Ian is 18, born in the same year as Carlsen and
Karjakin; Paco Vallejo is a veteran at 25, and has scored wins over Anand, Kramnik
and Topalov. In his Wednesday night Playchess
lecture Dennis Monokroussos looks at a dramatic encounter between the two. Do not miss.

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“In the summer, an Englishman’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of chess”, as Alfred Lord Tennyson almost said. For the past few years, August in London has meant international chess of a calibre rarely seen in England, and this year is no different. Next to Adams, Sokolov, Short and van Wely we see 87-year-old IM Bob Wade participating. Everyone’s rooting for the octogenarian.

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“In the summer, an Englishman’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of chess”, as Alfred Lord Tennyson almost said. For the past few years, August in London has meant international chess of a calibre rarely seen in England, and this year is no different. Next to Adams, Sokolov, Short and van Wely we see 87-year-old IM Bob Wade participating. Everyone’s rooting for the octogenarian.

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