Cheating in world chess championships is nothing new, study suggests Soviet players likely colluded to dominate matches during Cold War By Gerry EverdingOct. 9, 2006 — World Chess Championship matches now taking place in Kalmykia, Russia, were suspended late...
Anand: The Mexico Championship will be the legitimate World championship
India’s future looks bright: AnandSports ReporterChennai: For a man whose sport permits eccentricity as a professional hazard, Viswanathan Anand’s humility and straightforwardness are striking. Speaking to The Hindu after playing chess with 20 enthusiasts (20 more were to follow)...
Topalov charges: He has never adhered to any principles
Below is a fiery interview with Veselin Topalov on SaturdayTrud Daily (largest Bulgarian daily newspaper)Saturday, October 7, 2006 Q: Is the match changing now after the 4:4 draw? Veselin Topalov: Yes. For me it was important to achieve a...
Game 10 Analysis | Kramnik 1-0 Topalov
Kramnik – Topalov [E08]WCC Match 2006 (Game 10) 10-08-2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 (Again Kramnik plays the Catalan as we have seen it already twice before in this match.) 4…Bb4+ (Here Topalov chose to vary from...
Kramnik: I deserved this victory
Below is the interview of the two players after game 10: Once again everything turns upside down: the press room saw happy Kramnik and sad and abstracted Topalov. Vladimir eagerly answered all the questions, even about ‘dead’ and ‘live’...
Psychological Initiative…Commentary by FIDE
Today’s game has revived sporting intrigue of the competition, pleasing all the independent spectators in Elista and all over the world. Kramnik managed to recover and celebrated his first victory since the second game of the match. The score...
Thank you!
I really enjoyed reading many of your captions yesterday. Some of them are VERY funny! Thank you! By the way, this blog reached an all time high of 75,359 unique logins for game 10 of the World Championship! Thanks...
WC Attacking Precision
White is Topalov. Black is GM Bareev. What is the most precise way for White to proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WC Media Coverage
Kramnik Hits Back at Topalov in Chess ChallengeBy DYLAN LOEB McCLAINPublished: October 8, 2006New York TimesOne day after suffering a devastating loss that left him trailing in the world chess championship for the first time, Vladimir Kramnik struck back...
Winners of the Tri-State Chess Challenge
K-3rd grade winners: 1. Christopher Wu (NJ)2-3 Tom S. Polgar (2nd on tie-break)2-3 Dylan Kosinski (3rd on tie-break) 4th-6th grade winners: 1-3 Jehron Bryant (NY) (1st on tie-break)1-3 Sasha Yodashkin (2nd on tie-break)1-3 Nigel Bryant (3rd on tie-break) 7th-12th...