Position after 26…Qd6GM Carlsen, M (2675) – GM Agdestein, S (2575) [D27]ch-NOR Playoff Oslo NOR (Game 1), 09-19-2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Qe2 b5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.e4...
Women’s World Champions
Left to Right and Top to Bottom: 1. Vera Menchik2. Ludmila Rudenko3. Elizaveta Bykova4. Olga Rubtsova5. Nona Gaprindashvili6. Maya Chiburdanidze7. Xie Jun8. Me9. Zhu Chen10. Anoatneta Stefanova11. Xu YuhuaWho will be the next Women’s World Champion? Humpy Koneru, Yifan...
World Championship History
Left to Right and Top to Bottom:1. Wilhelm Steinitz (top row)2. Emanuel Lasker3. Jose Raul Capablanca4. Alexander Alekhine5. Max Euwe6. Mikhail Botvinnik7. Vasily Smyslov (middle row)8. Mikhail Tal9. Tigran Petrosian10. Boris Spassky11. Robert James Fischer12. Anatoly Karpov 13. Garry...
Jennifer’s Invitation
Dear friends, Many of you have heard of the U.S. Chess League, which is now in its second season and consists of ten teams. As the manager of the New York Knights, (last year’s Eastern division champions) I invite...
Developing attacking skills
White to move. What is the best way for White to attack? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
47th Annual Armed Forces Open Chess Championship
7-9 October 2006 at the Armed Forces Retirement Home The tournament is open to all active duty, guard, reserve, retired, or cadet status personnel.Six rounds to be played Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with an awards ceremony Monday afternoon. A...
Modern contact
On September 10, 2006, I had a blog about David Shenk’s new book: The Immortal Game. In that blog, I said that David and I have the same publisher and I should get the publisher to arrange a meeting...
Picture from Szeged by Zoltan Blazsik
WGM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) versus WIM Veronika Schneider (Hungary) in round 7. They were tied at the top after 6 rounds. Muzychuk defeated Schneider in round 7 and went on to tie for 1st with IM Khurtsidze. Schneider tied...
The BIG show down!
No, it is not Topalov versus Kramnik. But it is also very exciting! It’s Magnus Carlsen vs. Simen Agdestein for the Norwegian Championship title! Agdestein is a 7 time Norwegian champion! Carlsen is seeking his first of no doubt...
Vachier-Lagrave captured Lausanne Young Masters
Picture from Europe-Echecs The Lausanne Young Masters event has just concluded. GM Vachier-Lagrave of France, the 5th ranked out of 8 players, defeated GM Wang Yue of China in the final to capture the title. FINAL STANDINGS: 1 GM...