Month: July 2006

If you are just as outraged as I am about the recent USCF Executive Board Election, you can do something about it! You can call or write to your state delegates and let them know the truth about Mr....

Round 4 results: Andrei Volokitin – Yannick Pelletier ½ – ½ (66 moves)Alexander Morozevich – Teimour Radjabov 1 – 0 (92 moves)Lazaro Bruzon – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ (49 moves) Standings after round 4:1-2. Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2675),...

Chess world mourns tragic death of young female starBy Grainger Laffan in Prague and Adam Fresco The British chess world was in shock today after one of its rising female stars died in a fall from an eighth floor...

White to move. What should White do?  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

A few days ago, I told you about the RR event between Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi and my sister Judit. It was supposed to be a Rapid Fischer Random event. At least that was the understanding of Garry Kasparov. However,...

A game from the Politiken Cup: IM Jens Kristiansen – GM Nigel Short 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 c6 5. f4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5...

A lesson in honesty and integrity DETROIT (July 25) – A homeless man who returned $21,000 worth of saving bonds he found in a trash bin is finding out how much honesty can pay off. Charles Moore, 59, had...

China won the Silver at the 2006 World Team Championship. The Gold was within their grasp. China also captured the Silver at the 2006 Olympiad in Turin. They just defeated the world team at the Taiyuan Scheveningen event. Their...

Radjabov and Carlsen are both 2-0 at the Biel Chess Festival event. Radjabov has crossed the 2700 mark. Carlsen is getting there any day (he’s somewhere around 2690-2695). They are facing each other today. Radjabov is White. – Who...

Since the results of the election were announced, I received countless email and messages from members across the country. The two main issues that practically everyone brought up are: – It seems that thousands of members of the USCF...