This is game 27 of the World Championship match between Alekhine-Capablanca in 1927. It is White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Another record broken
I tracked the number of unique logins to this blog between 10am-11am (NY time) for this game. My report shows just a few short of 16,500 people!! That is fantastic! I realize that it is afternoon time for our...
CNN Guide to the World Chess Championship
The insider’s guide to the Chess World Championship(CNN) — Everything you need to know about this month’s Chess World Championship and the Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia that is hosting it. The World Chess Championship. It’s not exactly the World...
Full Game 3 Analysis – Commentary in blog below
Kramnik – Topalov [E02]WCC Match 2006 (Game 3) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bd7 7.Qxc4 Na5 8.Qd3 c5 9.0-0 Bc6 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Rd1 Bxg2 13.Qb5+ Nd7 14.Kxg2 a6 15.Qd3 Rc8 [15…Be7...
Game 3 LIVE Commentary
Kramnik, Vladimir (2743) – Topalov, Veselin (2813)WCC Match 2006 – Game 3, 09-26-2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 (Typical setup from Kramnik, very solid.) 5…Nc6 (He varied from game 1 where he played 5.Bb4+) 6.Qa4...
Win, lose or draw? How will Topalov do?
Next game (game 3) will be at 7 AM (NY time or 3 PM Elista time) on Tuesday, September 26. Kramnik will have White. I will do live updates on this blog. Please feel free to add your own...
Philadelphia – Chess and Education
I will be doing a 100 board simul for kids at the Philadelphia City Hall on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 10 AM. This event is organized by the office of Philadelphia Mayor John Street. Thank you Mayor for...