Photo courtesy of the official websiteGM Morozevich has captured the Biel Tournament with 1 round to spare. He scored 7-0 against 4 players with an average rating of 2660!! One thing you can’t say is he is boring. I am truly impressed with his performance! Incredible! Round 9 Results:Morozevich – Pelletier 1-0Bruzon – Radjabov 1/2Volotikin […]
Non-Scientific Chess Polls

A. Which part of your chess game needs the most work? 1. Endgame2. Middlegame3. Openings4. Tactics5. Mental toughness6. All of the above B. Do you know what it takes to improve your weakness in chess? 1. Yes2. No Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Pia Cramling won Accentus Ladies’ Tournament

GM Pia Cramling has sealed a victory at the Accentus Ladies’ Tournament as she defeated IM Dembo in round 8 and drawing IM Socko in round 9. She is now leading by 1.5 points with 1 round to go. Congratulations to GM Cramling! Round 9 pairings: Anna Muzychuk – Almira Skripchenko 0-1Ekaterina Atalik – Yelena […]
Does White have anything?

White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
My August Chess Cafe Column

I wrote an article about the Women’s World Chess Cup and the recent USCF election on Chess Cafe this month. You can read about it here. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
King Moro back on his winning way!

Morozevich won again to take a full point lead on Radjabov and Carlsen as they drew against each other. Morozevich is 0-2 against Carlsen and 6-0 against everyone else! Carlsen, Magnus – Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 30 movesVolokitin, Andrei – Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 59 movesPelletier, Yannick – Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 42 moves Round 8 Standings: 1. […]
Actions (or not) in Dortmund

Excited fans watching Dortmund! Leko, Peter – Adams, Michael 1/2 25 movesGelfand, Boris – Svidler, Peter 1/2 29 movesKramnik, Vladimir – Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 44 movesJobava, Baadur – Aronian, Levon 1/2 21 moves Pahtz – Krush 1/2 Standings after 3 rounds: 1-2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2738, Svidler, Peter g RUS 2742 2.03-6. Gelfand, Boris […]