Well, at least not yet. Our “Chess For Peace” group will leave for Moscow in a few hours. But that’s a good James Bond song though. Trivia questions: 1. Who sung the James Bond song “From Russia with Love”?2....
Dreev & Shirov lead 6th Karpov Tournament
Standings after round 7 of 9 1-2 4.5 GM Alexey Dreev (Russia, 2697), GM Alexei Shirov (Spain, 2709) 3-4 4.0 GM Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, 2723), GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (Russia, 2664) 5-7 3.5 GM Evgeny Bareev (Russia, 2698), GM Evgeniy...
Xu, Yuhua is the new Women’s Champion
Xie, Jun with Xu, Yuhua (from Xie’s website) With the Black pieces, Xu defeated Galliamova in the third game to capture the 2006 Women’s World Knockout Championship! The final score is 2.5 – 5. She was one of my...
Blogs for Girls
If you have special girl’s tournaments that you would like to promote, please feel free to e-mail me the details at PolgarChessInc@aol.com. I will put them up on www.PolgarGirls.blogspot.com as well as placing a link on this blog. This...
$10,000 Scholarship – Ohio All-Girls Championship
K-12 NOVICE & RATED OHIO ALL-GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPSGIRLS, GET YOUR SHINE ON…..GET READY FOR A GOOD TIME! SPONSORED BYOhio State University Women in Engineering, Undergraduate Admissions & the OSU Office of Student Financial AidAPRIL 29, 2006 AWARDS/ TROPHIES: $10,000.00...
More tactical precision
White to move and you are White. Imagine you are playing the last game of the World Championship. Win and you are the new World Champion. Can you do it? Can you find the brilliant checkmate combination? Chess Daily...
Which would be your #1 chess destination?
If money is no object and you can travel to play chess anywhere in the world, which would be your #1 choice destination? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand and Morozevich leading Amber
Standings Combined after Round 6 1-2. Anand, Viswanathan, Morozevich, Alexander 7.5 3-4. Topalov, Veselin, Vallejo, Francisco 6.5 5-7. Aronian, Levon, Gelfand, Boris, Leko, Peter 6.0 8-9. Grischuk, Alexander, Nielsen, Peter Heine 5.5 10. Ivanchuk, Vassily, Svidler, Peter, Van Wely,...
Incredible Chess Moves II
Chess Moves IIALASKA • AUGUST 19TH — 26TH, 2006 with US Champion Alex Onischuk, Larry Christiansen, Alex Stripunsky and Susan PolgarLearn from the most experiencec chess instructors! Below are some of the classes: Openings (and Related Sessions) King’s Indian...
Shirov leading 6th Karpov Tournament
Standings after round 6: 1 4.0 GM Alexei Shirov (Spain, 2709) 2-4 3.5 GM Alexey Dreev (Russia, 2697), GM Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, 2723), GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (Russia, 2664) 5-6 3.0 GM Evgeniy Najer (Russia, 2652), GM Sergei Rublevsky (Russia,...