It has been an up and down week for US Chess and the USCF last week. Most people at the delegate’s meeting were very much against Mr. Sloan. However, they voted to certify him anyway because they were afraid of potential frivolous lawsuits from him. He had cost the USCF a lot of money in […]
2006 Montreal Empresa International
Tournament A Round 7 Standings: 1. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2651 5.0 2-4. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2607; Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657; Miton, Kamil g POL 2638 4.5 5. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2570 3.5 6-7. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2624; Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2668 3.0 8-9. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2571; […]
Mainz super events
Chess Classic Mainz 2006 The event takes place from August 15 to 20 at the Rheingoldhalle of the Congress Centre, Hilton Hotel in Mainz, Germany. It includes matches and Opens in traditional and Random Chess, with stars like Anand, Aronian, Svidler, Radjabov and Pähtz participating. Grenkeleasing Rapid This is the biggest attraction. It features the […]
A new chess play: The French Defense
Photo from the official website It’s Moscow, 1960. For a whole year the world has been waiting to see what happens when Tal and Botvinnik meet for the World Chess Crown. And now, the wait is over. The time is now. The French Defense by Dimitri Raitzin is an award-winning play about this struggle of […]
Practical tactics
This is an actual position that I saw between 2 expert players. It is White to move. Unfortunately, White missed the winning plan and ended up losing this game. Can you find the winning plan for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar