Archive for November 10th, 2008
Fixed Upcoming event section - finally!
This is one section I’ve ignored GilaChess.com for a long time and one of the most glaring thing I have not fixed till today. It’s the “Upcoming Events” tab.
Today it’s finally fixed. Things are still a little messy and there’s still a lot of things to be fixed..
Upcoming Events
OUG RT Age Group
Nov 15
IIUM Invitation [...]
Everything is out there!
Pre-warning:- This is going to be one of those “back when I was young” articles
Back then, chess materials were so hard to come by. Books were scarce in my town (i.e. zero chess books sold in the local bookshops) and you had to go to KL to buy one. Even then, they were expensive [...]
Futuristic Chess Set
Designer Yasmin Sethi has come out with a cool concept for chess board and pieces. Blocks of glass in cylinder shapes would show the chess piece as soon as they touched the board. When removed, the piece would magically disappear (or become opaque).
It’s not actually a real world product yet but it’s definitely not [...]
Black to play and win
After the Rook recapture on d8 Black is still a pawn down.
Can you find the move that wins for Black?
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ChessASIA.net hits 30,000 visits
With ASIA being a growing hub for chess, it’s not surprising that ChessASIA.net has taken off in web traffic. ChessASIA.net is relatively new having started only 3 months ago. Today, it just hit 30,000 visits. From the last youth event in Vietnam, it can be seen that the rising chess powerhouse is India, China [...]
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Of course I already know about the new Stonemaster.info and the new sections that are going to be built.Anyway, thanks for passing the info along. I'm sure there are