The World Junior Championship is taking place in Yerevan, Armenia between October 4-16, 2006. Below is the list of some of the top players in both sections:World Junior Championship 1 GM Wang, Yue 2644 CHN2 GM Wang, Hao 2622...
Game 8 Analysis – Topalov scores 1st win on the board
Kramnik – Topalov [D47]WCC Match 2006 (8) 05.10.2006 You can view the LIVE Game Commentary here. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 A relatively rare line, which used to like...
Bareev and Svidler call for FIDE to sack its officers
Open letter by GMs Bareev and Svidler For the past 13 years the chess world lived in a state of break-down. The Elista match was organized to determine a unified World Champion, and create conditions for the further development...
Game 8 LIVE Commentary – Topalov scores 1st win
The game is about to start and so far no Press Releases or Protest letters for game 8. Let’s hope for some good chess! 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2...
Two Press Conferences
Vladimir KRAMNIK: «I feel sorry for it» Today there were two separate press conferences instead of a joint one. When Kramnik was al-ready sitting in the press conference hall, Topalov suddenly refused leaving the stage: «I will not go;...
Game 8 Preview
After holding comforably with 3 consecutive games with Black, Kramnik will have White today. Will he be able to take advantage of this? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
From NY Governor George Pataki
STATE OF NEW YORK GEORGE E. PATAKIGOVERNOROctober 2006 Dear Friends: It is a pleasure to send greetings and a warm welcome to the young chess enthusiasts gathered at the prestigious New York Athletic Club for the Tri-State Scholastic Chess...