The Chess Players Society of Nigeria

Bisik-Bisik is a word from the Malay Archipelago, and means whispering
from one person to another. In a series Edwin Lam seeks to “whisper” to our
readers out there the previously unknown other side of his interview partners.
Today he talks with GM Alexander Khalifman, who in 1999 became the FIDE world
champion in Las Vegas. Today “El Khalif” runs a training web site
and publishes books. Bisik-bisik.

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Recently a number of participants in the World Women’s Championship appealed to FIDE to have it moved away from a region of armed conflict. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the ECU and the organizers have appealed to the players not to politicize the event. Now Ilyumzhinov gives further assurances. Here’s his latest message and letters from participants and readers.

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Recently a number of participants in the World Women’s Championship appealed to FIDE to have it moved away from a region of armed conflict. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the ECU and the organisers have appealed to the player not to politicize the event. Now Ilyumzhinov gives further assurances. Here’s his latest message and letters from participants and readers.

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Sammy Reshevsky wasn’t known as a freewheeling player. But in the
last round or the 1944 US Open, having already having clinched first,
he decided to have some fun with a 19th century sideline in the
French. Reshevsky sacrificed a pawn and then a piece, and crushed his opponent with a
magnificent combination. All of this on view in Dennis Monokroussos’ Wednesday night Playchess lecture.

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