Day: October 11, 2006

TWIC (The Week In Chess) is one of my favorite chess sites. The site offers news and games of chess events worldwide and it is available to all chess fans for FREE. Mark Crowther is the genius behind this...

Small Plane Hits New York City BuildingAP NEW YORK (Oct. 11) – A small plane crashed into a high-rise on the Upper East Side, setting off a fire and startling New Yorkers, police said. Fire Department spokeswoman Emily Rahimi...

Game 11: Draw ties match at 5½-5½; Kramnik reiterates his protestBy Dylan Loeb McClainThe New York TimesWhat may have been the penultimate game of the world chess championship ended in a draw Tuesday, setting up a potentially dramatic encounter...

Who will win tomorrow? – Kramnik or Topalov? – If it is a draw tomorrow, what will happen next?  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Above are the 10 World Champions since 1970. Rank your champions!  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Traditional meeting with the press started with more than a half-hour delay. The reason was more than serious – Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov attended a doping control. Curiously, this topic was not discussed at the press conference at...

During the whole match the team Kramnik took moderate wait-and-see attitude. They avoided conflict as much as possible, and only reacted to attacks from the other side. However, as the match finish approached, the Russian initiated a counterattack. A...

Topalov – Kramnik [D12]WCC Match 2006 (Game 11) 10.10.20061.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Rb1 (A new move already on move 8! In Game 9, Topalov played 8.a3 and won. Obviously...

Chess set is Starr attraction A gold and silver-plated chess set, modelled on the hands of Ringo Starr, is displayed at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo. The chess set was commissioned by fellow Beatle George Harrison in 1973...

The management of ICC would like me to remind everyone that I will be on chess.fm tonight at 8:00 PM (New York Time) to discuss at length many issues including this World Championship. If you are not a member...