The University of Texas in Brownsville / Texas Southmost College Championship Chess Team will be assisting me in conducting a chess clinic in Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday, October 20, 2006. The clinic will be held at Central Catholic Elementary1218 ComancheCorpus Christi, TX 78401 Session I: 12 PM – 2 PMSession II: 6 PM – […]
Susan Polgar Bayfest Giant Chess Tournament
September 30 – October 1, 2006 Format: 5 Round Swiss Tournament Time Control: Game/15 Round 1 begins at Saturday at 1p.m. Schedule will be posted for Saturday Round 2 and Saturday Round 3. Sunday Round 4 at 1p.m. and Round 5 to follow. Awards Ceremony will take place immediately following after last round (Unrated Tournament) […]
Karjakin scored an important victory today
Today, Magnus Carlsen lost with the White pieces to the always dangerous Alexander Beliavsky. But the Rising Stars all but secured the team victory thanks to wins by Karjakin and Smeets. Mark Crowther from TWIC had this to say: “Youth almost secured victory with a round to go by going 25-20 up. However the race […]
Abrahamyan and Liu ruled Pan Am Youth
The very talented Tatev Abrahamyan and Elliott Liu captured Gold for the US! Tatev scored a perfect 9/9 to decisively win the girl’s under 18 and Elliot scored 7/9 to win the boy’s under 18. Here are two games from Elliott and Tatev: White: Abrahamyan, TatevBlack: Herrera, Milena 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 […]
National Chess Day! Be a part of it!
By Presidential Proclamation October 9National Chess Day in America ***** You can be a part of it! October 9, 1976, President Gerald Ford, the nation’s thirty-eighth president, declared National Chess Day. As we approach that date, and the 30th anniversary of its inception, we would encourage state and local clubs to commemorate the day in […]
My US Open picks
This will be Andre Agassi’s last US Open. He will be the fan favorite but I just do not think that he has enough to even reach the semi. I hope he does. I am a fan of his. This is some of Andre’s accomplishments: 60 Career singles titles won 8 Major singles titles won:2 […]
Endgame Challenge
White to move. Can White win this? No computer please 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Vladislav Tkachiev captured 2006 French Championship
The 2006 French Championship took place in Besançon on August 14-26, 2006. The Russian native GM Vladislav Tkachiev tied for first with GM Laurent Fressinet. Tkachiev then defeated Fressinet in a rapid play off for the title. On the women side, there was no competition for IM Skripchenko. She scored 10 out of 11 to […]
Chess Moves Blog
More than 100 pictures from the Chess Moves II Cruise have been posted on www.chessmovescruise.blogspot.com. Enjoy! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar