Day: October 15, 2006

Here are the leaders of the World Junior and World Girl’s Championship after round 11: 1 WGM Melia, Salome 2395 GEO 8 2 WFM Hou, Yifan 2481 CHN 7.53 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 2383 MGL 7.54 WGM Tania, Sachdev 2383...

This was just sent to me by Dr. Gabor (a Hungarian American physician from Kentucky). He is known as Gabor on this blog 🙂 As I mentioned before, this blog is for YOU, the chess fans! If you have...

World Chess ChampionshipsGrandmaster Has the Crown, and Harsh Words for a Rival By DYLAN LOEB McCLAINPublished: October 15, 2006 One day after winning the world chess championship, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia said the behavior of his opponent, Veselin Topalov...

Photo courtesy of ChessBase 30 SecondsWith Wladimir KlitschkoBy MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTPublished: October 15, 2006 Wladimir Klitschko (46-3 with 41 knockouts), International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion, is not a typical boxer. At the University of Kiev in Ukraine, he earned...

Veselin Topalov and his manager Silvio Danailov arrived yesterday at Sofia airport. They were glad to share some thoughts on the WCC 2006. Veselin was met by a crowd of journalists and fans. He gladly answered some questions. Veselin,...

For you Fischer or Spassky fans, here is a video clip of Fischer and Spassky back in 1972, courtesy of BBC. Special thanks to Mr. Lawrence Totaro of Las Vegas for the information.  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar