Another week has past – can you believe it?! A lot has happened this week so I’m not even going to bore you with the small talk. Let’s jump straight into it, shall we?

Chess helps young players develop thinking and social skills

As If we didn’t already know this, right? Well check out the story about some middle school players

Parag clinches open Int’l chess title

Parag beat Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in the ninth and final round to secure eight points to clinch the title.

12-year-old in contention in Ukraine Championship

The 2008 Ukraine Championship is missing Ivanchuk, Ponomariov and Karjakin, but is still very strong, with 26 participants, including 17 GMs. The player to watch is IM Illya Nyzhnyk. At twelve he sports a 2444 rating, and after four rounds he has three points (two wins, two draws).

‘Chess’ Just Isn’t Fun Anymore

Good ol’ Soviet intrigue just doesn’t entertain like it used to. In “Chess,” two world-class players at the end of the Cold War find themselves caught within an ever-growing game of politics and trickery, a game that fails to amuse

Check mate: Giant chess board in Auburn for school holidays

During the summer holidays Auburn residents will have the chance to polish their knowledge of rooks, bishops, knights, queens and pawns by enrolling in special coaching classes and a giant chess board game.

New five Cuban chess players were promoted to Grand Masters

The congress promoted Fidel Corrales, Yuri González, Isam Ortiz, Luis Manuel Pérez and Yaniet Marrero to that category.

Deep Green – “the best chess game” for iPhone

Yesterday a new Chess app called Deep Green ($4.99, App Store) was released, and there’s been a lot of noise about it – the most amount of noise coming from John Gruber, who says that Deep Green is “the best chess game yet for the iPhone”.

Lalgopal crowned chess champion

L Lalgopal Sharma of Accountant General culled 15 points with 45 progressive score to win the chess competition of the 6th Inter Central civil Services Sports Meet.

First defeat for chess team

Worcestershire League’s First Division champions Kidderminster lost for the first time since March 2007.

Doping scandal shocks the world… of chess

…Chess Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk. The Ukrainian professional chess whiz failed to submit a urine sample after the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. So since he didn’t play by the rules, he is being accused of doping. Ivanchuk aka “Big Chunky” could face a two-year ban.

Did I miss anything? Feel free to contact me and let me know. I’d more than happy to post it and give credit where credit is due.

That’s all for now until next week!