The Worst Chess Nobody Sees

Regular readers of this blog will recall that I often refer to the Bundesliga competitions as the best chess nobody sees. Many of the world's best players participate in leagues, with the German Bundesliga traditionally the strongest of them all, but because the events generally aren't well publicized to the chess community at large and takes place over many months, most fans barely know about it.

That's a pity, but not always. Sometimes, even the greats screw up royally, and on those occasions the comparative obscurity of the Bundesliga is an advantage. So with apologies to Alexei Shirov, one of the best and most enterprising players of the last 20 years or so, you can find a surprising howler of his here.

Comments

[LV Jim (capatal)]

Dear Dennis,
Congratulations on your fine new site! Larger print would help draw more of us 'oldskins'.
Best regards,
LV Jim (capatal)

[Dennis Monokroussos]

Hi Jim!

It's good to hear from you - I thought about you just the other day, and I'm glad you found me over here.

I sympathize with you about the font size, and should add that to my list of things to fix. Note, though, that you can change the font size on the browser itself. In both Firefox and IE, hold down the control key and hit the + key, and the font gets larger; hitting control and the minus key goes in the opposite direction.