As I mentioned before, Internet is hard to come by. We have visited the first Chess School in Russia. There are 826 children who take chess in this location alone. We lost our first match by the score of 15-11. Today, we will visit Petrosian School of Chess. We will meet 7-time World Champion Anatoly […]
Good Chess Exercise
This is a position from a game by Topalov recently in Mexico City. Topalov is White. He just played 14. Be2. White has a small advantage. Set this position against your computer program (level appropriate) or your chess buddies. Your goal is to hold this position as Black and try to win as White. Have […]
Greetings from Moscow!
The Chess for Peace Group arrived in Moscow earlier today. The weather in Moscow is pretty nice, not as cold as I expected. This blog is sent from an Internet Cafe at the Red Square. Internet is hard to find. I had to take a bus then transferred to the subway to get here. The […]
From Russia with Love
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. What year was that movie? From Russia with love I fly to youMuch wiser since my […]
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 Najer (Russia, 2652), GM Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands, 2689) 8 3.0 GM Sergei Rublevsky (Russia, 2665) 9 […]
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 pre-tournament favorites due to her experience with the knockout format. She won 2 World Cups with […]
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 is a FREE service. I can also put up special stories, reports, pictures, etc. of special […]
$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 in OSU scholarships! Trophies to girls who score 3.5 points out of 5 games; team trophies […]
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 News from Susan Polgar
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