Apocalyptic Musings

  Photo: Chessbase      World Senior Team Championships Underway in Albania At the halfway point in the Age 55+ section the US and Italian teams are tied for first place.  In the Age 65+ section France 1 and Iceland are tied for first place. Due to the small number of women's teams, all teams are playing in the same, age based sections.  The tournament is taking place in Durrës, Albania.  Back in the early 1960's I was an avid listener to shortwave radio broadcasts from nations around the world.  Albania was then a communist nation with its capital in Tirana. I listened in on Radio Tirana broadcasts regularly. At that time, around 1965, Albania had broken with Moscow and aligned itself with China.  As such, Albania was the only overtly Maoist communist nation in Eastern Europe with Radio Tirana regularly parroting the Radio Beijing position on world affairs.   Midpoint Tournament Standings 50+ (top 20) after completing five rou...

  Cobleigh Slow Final Round Battle Expected Round five, the final round, of the Spring 2026 Cobleigh Slow, one game per month tournament is scheduled for Thursday evening, May 21st. Mike Chadburn of Lyndonville is leading with four victories in four rounds. Two others, Russell DesJardins and Joe Wray, are tied one point behind him with one round to go. Chadburn can be caught and tied should he falter in the final round.  Here are the pairings for the fifth and final round scheduled for May 21st:

Vermont Scholastic Championship Vermont State Scholastic Championship Results:   The  39th Annual John Balch Memorial Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships  were held on Saturday, March 29th at the Lemoille Union High School in Hyde Park.  Two scholastic players we know from Lyndonville Cobleigh Library Chess were there. St. Johnsbury Academy's  Misha Cherkov  won two games finishing tied with others in 5th place in the 9th-12th Grade Section.  Riverside School 6th Grader, and new Cobleigh chess player,  Devin Albritton  won three of her games finishing tied for fourth place in the Sixth Grade section.  Congratulations to both of them!!   Full results can be found here: https://vermontchess.org/events/39th-annual-state-scholastic-chess-championships/