CHESS WITHOUT BORDERS
NEWS AND FEATURES
Jim Eade Receives Career Outstanding Achievement Award
Jim Eade receives Career Outstanding Achievement Award from the US Chess Federation at Marriott Madison West. James Eade is a past President of CalChess, the Northern California Chess Association, and a long time delegate to the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from Northern California. The USCF splits California into North
Arthur Award For Chess Excellence
Arthur Award For Chess Excellence By James Eade The Arthur Award for Chess Excellence, a prize of $1,000, was established in 2020 by the Eade Foundation and was established to memorialize Arthur W. Eade. Arthur W. Eade taught his son, James Eade, the game of chess and bought James his
Is Chess Just a Game?
The Chess Files The answers are out there. By Jim Eade Is Chess Just a Game? The answer is it depends. We must always begin by defining our terms. One might think we all know what we mean by the word game, but philosophers, beyond my realm of expertise, have
Who is the greatest chess player of all time?
How do you compare players from different times? What criteria should we use?
Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest IM ever!
Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest IM ever! We have established a new award for Chess Excellence: This year’s Arthur Award for Chess Excellence is IM Abhimanyu Mishra. His essay is below. “I am IM Abhimanyu Mishra who recently broke GM Praggnanandhaa’s world record and became youngest ever International Master in the
Thanks Tim!
Tim Redman’s Retirement I was able to attend Dr. Tim Redman’s retirement after 30 years as a Professor of Humanities, Literature and Drama at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Redman has been active in national and international chess governance during that entire time, and has twice been President
Cairn’s Cup
The Cairns Cup is the strongest female only chess competition in the United States. The Tournament is named after the maiden name of Jennie Sinquefield the wife of Rex Sinquefield, who has done so much to make St. Louis the Chess Mecca of this country. Here is a picture of me