The US women’s team needed to score 2.5-.5 to catch up with China for 3rd place. Unfortunately, they were not able to do it. Anna Zatonskih drew on board 1 while Irina Krush won on board 2 and Rusa...
Sharp eyes for the not so obvious
White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Round 12 US matchups
This picture was taken earlier today at San Clemente, California Israel – USA (Overall Olympiad) 4.1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2727 – GM Kamsky, Gata 26714.2 GM Smirin, Ilia 2662 – GM Onischuk, Alexander 26504.3 GM Sutovsky. Emil 2628 –...
FIDE Presidential Election Over
The 2006 FIDE election has concluded on Friday, June 2, 2006.The final votes were: 96 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov54 Bessel Kok The following are past FIDE Presidents: Alexander Rueb 1924-1949Folke Rogard 1949-1970Max Euwe 1970-1978Fridrik Olafsson 1978-1982Florencio Campomanes 1982-1995Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 1995- Incumbent...