Grandmaster

I know we posted on Ray Keene a few days ago but barely had we done so than his reputation was besmirched on Edward Winter's Chess Notes, which, surely unfairly, accuses England's leading chess columnist of copying, an accusation unheard-of in Grandmaster Keene's long and distinguished literary career.However, at the weekend Grandmaster Keene provided a defence so powerful and persuasive, on his C

What was even more remarkable was seeing Nigel Short again a couple of years later. We sat down with a chess board and Nigel played me through the moves of the Kramnik-Kasparov game - from memory.Mr.Charles Crawford also writes about a charity simul with Kramnik, Kasparov, Short and Anand, that he...

New material from the legendary Grandmaster Caz, available for pre-order, out August 12th. Definitely news worthy and something to look forward to.Tracklist:1. Be Gone (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap; DJ Parker Lee)2. Dont Mess Wit Me feat. Kyle (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap; DJ Parker Lee)3. Lioneere (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap; DJ Parker Lee)4. 4-Bar Funk (BTF Dance Remix) (Produced By: Earl Boom Dap;

Lukas Podolski recently asserted that ‘football is like chess, except without the dice’. The Yogi Berra comparisons inevitably came in hard and fast, but I rather think that Lukas and I are on the same wavelength: the element of chance that is generated artificially by the use of dice in Monopoly or Ludo or Dungeons and Dragons I believe to be dominant in our beloved game, too. If we conceive

The Hip-hop legends Grandmaster Flash's autobiography is called "Grandmaster Flash: "My Life, My beats". He is performing readings in New York. He did one in the Bronx the other day. The cool thing about it was that he's doing it for free. This dude was a driving force behind the Deejays back in the day. He invented scratching and mixing. I wonder what his thoughts would be about Lil Wayne a

For all the real hip-hop heads, DJ Grandmaster Flash just drooped his autobiography chronicling his own rise, fall and redemption in hip-hop. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats takes readers back to the South Bronx in the seventies when hip-hop was a burgeoning art form. Last year Flash and his group The Furious Five were the first hip-hop act inducted into the Rock and

DJ PILLZBURY & GHETTO ALLSTARS - GRANDMASTER PILLZ 90'S RADIO 1. Open up intro 2. Back to life_soul ii soul 3. Hold on_en vogue 4. Dont make me over_sybil 5. If you love me_brownstone 6. Summertime in the lbc_the dove shack 7. Puddin_swv 8. Where i wann be_ms jones 9. You remind me_mary j blige 10. Anything_swv 11. You should be mine_brian mcknight ft mae 12. Tell me_grove theory 1

By Marlon Bernardino Cebu Daily News June proved to be a merry month for chesser Jayson Gonzales after the Quezon City-native finally snatched his long-cherished grandmaster (GM) crown. This developed after Gonzales finished with nine points on six wins and six draws in the recent Philippines vs....

by Noli S. CruzWESLEY SO made it look so easy. He won the tough Dubai Open, toppled the top player of Indonesia on his own backyard and ran away the unofficial national championship against the best of Philippine chess.Topping a field that included 29 Grandmasters and a host of super GMs can be a highlight of anybody’s career. Needing a minimum four games to beat Indonesian GM Susanto Megaranto

My people, mi gente...Egradioonline.com was one of two sites that had the exclusive directors cut to Filthee aka Brickman Raw's video , we were also there for the taping of this video Featuring Ice T and Grandmaster Caz shot by indie filmmakers Rakontur ( Cocaine Cowboys) and we posted it back in March. Well, I am happy to announce that Filthee's Video "AYAYAYA" is a MYSPACE Premiere Video. Congra

Grandmaster Flash, hip hop pioneer, will be signing copies of his new book The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats at the following locations:6/11/08 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble – East Boughton Road. Bolingbrook, IL.6/17/08 7:30 PM at Borders Books – Peachtree Road NE. Atlanta, GA.6/23/08 7:00 PM at Borders Books – Mercury Drive. Dearborn, MI.6/27/08 7:00 PM at Book Soup - Sunse

Fourteen-year-old Wesley So is the world’s youngest chess grandmaster, and the seventh youngest GM in chess history.Wesley So is a fine chess prodigy. With a FIDE rating of 2540, he is the highest ranked chess player in the Philippines, only sharing the top spot with legendary Filipino GM Eugene Torre. Born in Manila on October 9, 1993 to accountants William and Eleanor So, Wesley So was raised

Josh Waitzkin, International Master and eight-time National Chess Champion, coaches players to grasp the basic fundamentals of chess and to master the game through exciting courses and tutorials taken directly from his groundbreaking book, The Art of Learning (Free Press). Players can then practice their newly learned skills in single-player mode or challenge their friends to a fun-spirited

Grandmaster Flash, one of the three "Holy Trinities" of the Hip Hop culture along with Herc and Bambaataa. Flash is often credited with "inventing" a number of techniques that hip hop DJ's still use today, "cutting" (moving between tracks exactly on the beat), "back-spinning" (manually turning records to repeat brief snippets of sound) and "phasing" (manipulating turntable

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - Superappin' - 1979 - 12inchSorti sur le label Enjoy, Superappin' est l'un de ces titres Old School fleuves qu'affectionnaient Grand Master Flash.Ecrit et Produit par Bobby Robinson (Dough E. Fresh, Spoonie Gee et les Treacherous Three) ce maxi n'a qu'un seul défaut : un peu plus de 11 minutes !Un rap efficace servi sur une belle basse, Kid Creole (alias Nathaniel Glover) et Melle Mel (alias Melvin Glover) et Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) entre autres, nous assènent leurs flows avec talent...En ecoute "Superappin'"Cet article vous a plu ? Abonnez vous au flux RSS

Grandmaster Flash - The message (video live)Quelque part sur Terre probalement dans les années 80 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five joue le "Message" en live avec une pointe d'humour... Cet article vous a plu ? Abonnez vous au flux RSS

Chess prodigy Wesley So was born on October 9, 1993. He became the 7th youngest Grandmaster in the history of Chess. He achieved the Grandmaster title at age 14 years, 1 month and 28 days during the 3rd Pichay Cup International Open in Parañaque City, Philippines on December 8, 2007. So got his first GM norm in the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schaha Meisterschaft in Bad Wiessee, Germany and his second Grandmaster norm in the 2007 World Juniors Under-20 Chess Championship in Yerevan, Armenia.William So, Wesley's father, a self-employed bus driver taught his son to play chess when he was six years old. At age 9, he was already well ahead of his opponents when he won the National Kiddies Tournament for 14-under. At age 12, he became the youngest Filipino ever to make it to the Olympiad

New track from our man Filthee featuring Ice Tea, and Grandmaster Caz. This is a great look here. Big up to Filthee - one of the coolest dudes in this business.E.G Radio, ExtravaGangsta Radio, Latin Hip Hop Radio, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Gossip, Hip Hop Podcast, Online Hip Hop Radio

Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition | ISO | DVD | ENG/FRA | 3.2 Gb“ Josh Waitzkin, International Master and eight-time National Chess Champion, coaches players to grasp the basic fundamentals of chess and to master the game through exciting courses and tutorials taken directly from his groundbreaking book, The Art of Learning (Free Press). Players can then practice their newly learned skills in single-player mode or challenge their friends to a fun-spirited competition in multiplayer mode via LAN or Internet. ”* Learn from champion Josh Waitzkin: Using the principles outlined in his book The Art of Learning, Josh puts players in his shoes during some of the most riveting moments of his career. He then walks players through the classics, introducing beginners to the fundamentals of the game and providing revealing commentary about the road to mastery.* Multiplayer wireless: Two players can battle each other using the wireless option on the DS. A variety of exciting multiplayer games are

Chessmaster®: Grandmaster Edition expands the scope of chess to include broader principles of learning. Josh Waitzkin's much-anticipated book The Art of Learning (Free Press) is designed to pave the road to successful long-term growth on and off the chessboard. The eight-time National Chess Champion and two-time martial arts World Champion puts users in his shoes in some of the most riveting and formative moments of his chess career, including the legendary climactic game from the book and film Searching for Bobby Fischer. Waitzkin then turns to the classics, introducing beginners to brilliant games from some of the most important players in the history of chess. In his most revealing commentary ever, Waitzkin not only teaches the beginning chess player the fundamentals of the game, but also humanizes the road to mastery. Never has chess been so exciting.Key FeaturesLEARN CHESS * Extensive course on the basics of chess taught by International Chess Master Josh Waitzkin. * Tutoria

Yip Man is largely responsible for spreading the art to where it is today. Without his influence, Wing Chun may very well be practiced in seclusion by only a few people in China. Thanks to Yip Man's teachings the Western world was introduced to the art through his many students including Bruce Lee. Here is rare footage of Yip Man demonstrating Siu Nim Tao, Chum Kiu and the Mook Yan Jong. Below is a chronicle of the life of Yip Man.Yip Man was Born on October 14th, 18931899 – 1905 - Yip Man 6 to 12 years old (Foshan)Studied Wing Chun kungfu with Chan Wah Shun (Money Changer Wah) at Yip's family hall, Main Street of Foshan (Song Yuen Dai Gai)At that time studying together with Yip Man were Lui Yui Chai, Ng Chung So, Chan Yui Min, Ng Siu Lo and others.1905 - Yip Man 12 years old (Foshan) Chan Wah Shun died, but before he died he asked Ng Chung So to help Yip Man to complete the system. Chan Wah Shun's body was taken by his kung fu disciples to Chan village in Shunde for burial.190

Ubisoft today announced that it will publish Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for the Nintendo DS and Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition for Windows PC. The games are scheduled for worldwide releases in October 2007. In both games, Josh Waitzkin, International Master and eight-time National Chess Champion, coaches players to grasp the basic fundamentals of chess and to master the game through exciting courses and tutorials taken directly from his groundbreaking book, The Art of Learning (Free Press). Players can then practice their newly learned skills in single-player mode or challenge their friends to a fun-spirited competition in multiplayer mode via LAN or Internet. “Chess is played by millions of people worldwide and with the expansion of the Chessmaster series onto the Nintendo DS, players can take the game with them wherever they go,” said Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. “Chessmaster is an exciting and simple learning experience for novices and

DJ Grandmaster Flash and his group the Furious Five were hip-hop's greatest innovators, transcending the genre's party-music origins to explore the full scope of its lyrical and sonic horizons. Flash was born Joseph Saddler in Barbados on January 1, 1958; he began spinning records as teen growing up in the Bronx, performing live at area dances and block parties. By age 19, while attending technical school courses in electronics during the day, he was also spinning on the local disco circuit; over time, he developed a series of groundbreaking techniques including "cutting" (moving between tracks exactly on the beat), "back-spinning" (manually turning records to repeat brief snippets of sound), and "phasing" (manipulating turntable speeds) -- in short, creating the basic vocabulary which DJs continue to follow even today.Flash did not begin collaborating with rappers until around 1977, first teaming with the legendary Kurtis Blow. He then began working with the Furious Five -- rappers

"During the European Chess Championships in Dresden I stayed at the IBIS hotel. The European Chess Union had made the participants an offer: Full board in a single room in the IBIS hotel during 14 nights for 98 euros a night. Payment could not be done directly to the hotel; the national federations...

Last night, Jay-Z inducted Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are the first Hip Hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Congrats!Click the Picture to Watch the Induction Ceremony! (Scroll down the "Watch the Big Show" category to find Jay's appearance. ) (view more pics via wireimage)

It’s official: Hip-hop is rock ’n’ roll.Last night at the Waldorf-Astoria, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, who proved that hip-hop was more than party music with their 1982 hit “The Message,” became the first hip-hop group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Joseph Saddler, better known as the disc jockey and producer Grandmaster Flash, said backstage, “It opens the gates to our culture.”Jay-Z, the rapper who is chief executive officer of Def Jam Records, handed the awards to the group. Reading his speech from a personal digital assistant, he said, “The shot heard ’round the world was fired from the South Bronx.” When Melle Mel, the rapper on “The Message,” stepped up to speak, he urged the music executives in the audience to “make hip-hop the culture that it was, instead the culture of violence it is right now.” source

Word up, my naagaas. As everyone in hip hop should know, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, March 13th at 8pm. Well, if you would like to see more of the group in it's early days (i.e. photos, facts, etc.) ...way back in the day...check out this cool link. Oh, like I just mentioned earlier, on Monday at 8pm, you can peep the live ceremony of their induction (commercial free of course) by hitting this link. Attention: this connection will only be live at the aforementioned time, so use your head!?

If you have any questions for Melle Mel post them here. He will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Jay-Z next week(link). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I’ve been browsing this here internet doodad a lot recently, looking for new and interesting websites to read and I’ve begun t I’ve been browsing this here interweb contraption a lot recently, looking for new and interesting websites to read and I’ve begun to notice a bit of a trend.  It seems like there comes a point in every blog when the blogger begins to open up, to talk about themselves, to tell their filthy little secrets, to cast aside shame like a dirty gym sock with the stinky cheese funk and really be themselves.  I think, without exception, this is always a good thing, so I’ve decided to spill the beans about anything I can think of in the next ten minutes or so, which is exactly how much time I have to putz around before I have to go home and, cater to the demands of eight pissy and demanding felines for the rest of the evening.  Why don’t they understand?  I am the OWNER!  I should command their respect.  They should revere me and my oppos

This round robin tournament was held on 9th-18th December in Solin, Croatia. Organizer was chess club "Mravince – Dalmacijacement" and average rating is 2481. Final standings: 1. GM Bojan Kurajica (BIH 2533) 7,5 points 2. IM Blazimir Kovacevic (CRO 2493) 7 3-5. IM Alojzije Jankovic (CRO 2446), GM...

Some good news for English chess from The Guardian (via Susan Polgar): "David Howell became the UK's youngest ever grandmaster in Stockholm yesterday. . . At 16 years one month Howell breaks Luke McShane's UK age record set in 2000 by around six months. Before that our youngest GM was Michael Adams, now the world No9, who did it at 17."I don't know much about David Howell - and not helping matters, his homepage has apparently been abandonned, and his wikipedia page is not up to scratch. Anyhow, below you can play though a commanding victory of his as white against Graeme Kafka in the 2004 British Championship. The diagram position (white to play; click it to enlarge) is taken from that game too - where Howell's next move forced black's resignation.