Category Archives: blogs

Moving from Blogger FTP to WordPress, Part 1

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

Life was easy when I set up this blog (and others) way back in May 2005 using Blogger’s friendly FTP service.  Then in January 22 of this year, Blogger announced that they are shutting down FTP access in March — … Continue reading →

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"The Chess Mind" Relocates

Posted on November 8, 2009 by

There is a new address for “The Chess Mind” blog by FM Dennis Monokroussos at http://www.thechessmind.net/. Change your bookmarks and your links. Long one of the best sites in the chess blogosphere, The Chess Mind continues to offer among the … Continue reading →

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Ten Popular Chess Blogs

Posted on May 4, 2009 by

The Kenilworthian is included in a list of “Ten Popular Chess Blogs” from Blogs.com. Looks like I’m just hanging in there at #10. I will have to post more often… Hat tip to Jim West (who is #6).

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The Kenilworth Kibitzer

Posted on February 11, 2009 by

Welcome another web log to the chess blogosphere: the Kenilworth Kibitzer is now online and open to all members of the club who want an outlet for their chess-related commentary. I have posted a few questions there to help get … Continue reading →

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Blog Carnival

Posted on January 7, 2009 by

Jack LeMoine’s “Blog Carnival” may be one of the last surveys of the chess blogosphere (in the absence of Mark Weeks’s late “blog tripping” column). It is worth a look, if only to learn about some blogs you might not … Continue reading →

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Three Years of the Kenilworthian

Posted on May 12, 2008 by

It was three years ago today that this chess blog began. Over the last 1095 days, I have managed to accumulate quite a large number of posts. Below I have organized the best by category: Bibliographies and Webliographies, Book and … Continue reading →

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What to Send for CJA’s "Best Blog"?

Posted on May 8, 2008 by

The Chess Journalists of America has announced their 2008 Journalism Awards which finally includes a prize for the “Best Blog” devoted to chess: Category 13 Best Blog Open to online chess blogs. Send URLs of three best blog entries. Blogs … Continue reading →

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Another good reason to slow down…

Posted on April 6, 2008 by

In what will likely be the most blogged about story today, The New York Times reports that “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop.” Bloggers are literally dying while “toiling under great physical and emotional stress … Continue reading →

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February BloGGGgs

Posted on March 19, 2008 by

Mark Weeks of About.com does his usual monthly summary of the top stories in chess blogs by focusing on the GGGg controversy at the U.S. Amateur Team East this year — see “Elsewhere on the Web: February BloGGGgs.” His conclusion: … Continue reading →

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Chess Publishing, Web 2.0 Style

Posted on January 31, 2008 by

I have answered a number of e-mails in the past month from people who would like “to set up a chess website” (their exact words) for their club or for themselves. At first I wrote back trying to give some … Continue reading →

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