Stefan Sergiev: Topalov Excelled Kramnig During the Whole Match 12 October 2006 21:19 FOCUS News Agency Sofia. ‘It will be a nerve-wrecking day tomorrow. Rapid chess will be played, which has nothing to do with the rules of the...
Spiegel: Kalmykian Leader Makes Farce of Chess Championships
THE DICTATOR AND HIS HOBBYKalmykian Leader Makes Farce of Chess ChampionshipsBy Maik GrossekathöferSpiegel Online Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov, president of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia and of the world chess body, is hosting this year’s world championships. The match, though,...
Friday the 13th armageddon
The playoff format is 4 rapid chess games (25 minutes per player + 10 seconds increment per move). If the score is still tied after the 4 rapid games then the players will play 2 blitz games (5 minutes...
A Notable Chess Journey for Talented Girls
October 12, 2006A Notable Chess Journey for Talented New York GirlsBy DYLAN LOEB McCLAINNew York Times Medina Parrilla, a sophomore at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, is nervous about a trip next week to Batumi, in Georgia,...
Match is tied 6-6 according to FIDE. Playoff on Friday the 13th
The playoff will take place tomorrow, Friday the 13th! Who will face the curse of the 13th? Which one will be the favorite going into the rapid, blitz and sudden-death playoff tomorrow? They are both efficient in rapid but...
Game 12 LIVE Commentary | Kramnik 1/2 Topalov
Game 12 – Which player will hold his nerve better? Which one will score a critical victory? Will we see any shocking opening surprise? Both have shown that they can handle the pressure of the last game. Kramnik defeated...
Special Chess and Culture Tour to Budapest
Above are some pictures of beautiful Budapest, Hungary. You can click on the picture to see a larger image. This is the city where my sisters and I were born, raised and made chess history. Some of you have...
Susan Polgar National Chess Tournaments
Susan Polgar National Chess Challenge for Boys andSusan Polgar National Open Championship for GirlsPresident’s Day Weekend February 16-18, 2007 Corpus Christi, TexasK-2, 3rd-5th, 6th-9th, Open Section (for all ages!) Prizes: Trophies to top 12 individuals and top 3 teams...
Man versus Machine flashback
Long before Deep Blue, there was a program by the name Chess Genius 3. In August 1994, Chess Genius 3 defeated World Champion Garry Kasparov in a two game rapid match by the score of 1.5 – .5. wg...
Karpov’s magic
White is Karpov and Black is Korchnoi. This game was played in 1971. It is White to move. Can Karpov save this position? How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar