Review from Video Librarian PublicationThe Video Review Magazine for Libraries Produced and hosted by the renowned chess grandmaster Susan Polgar (who has won multiple World Championships and Olympic Gold medals), Learning Chess the Easy Way is a fun and...
David Shenk and The Immortal Game
After the Kramnik – Topalov game yesterday, I went to NY City to meet the award-winning and best-selling author David Shenk. He just came out with the book “The Immortal Game”. I asked him many questions about his book...
Game 4 Analysis – Commentary on post below
Topalov, Veselin (2813) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2743)WCC Match 2006 – Game 4, 09-27-2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.0-0 Bd6 [12…Be7 13.b3...
Game 4 Live Commentary – The Moment of Truth
Topalov, Veselin (2813) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2743)WCC Match 2006 – Game 4, 09-27-2006 1.(So what will it be? 1.e4 or d4? The Moment of Truth will happen soon!) d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3...
Controversy brewing in Elista?
The following was reported on Novinite newspaper:Bulgaria’s Topalov Rumoured Brain Chip Brings UproarThe question “Is there a chip, installed in the brain of Vesselin?”, is all over the press in Russia. There Veselin Topalov, 31, a Bulgarian grandmaster who...
What is your prediction?
What will Topalov do? Will he try 1.e4 or will he stay with 1.d4? Will he win his first game or will Kramnik put the match out of reach? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bartel leads Monarch Assurance with 4/4
I know most of us are excited about the World Championship Match between Topalov and Kramnik. However, believe it or not, there are other chess events happening at the same time. One of them is the annual Monarch Assurance...
More World Championship Bloopers
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...