This position comes after 37.f4 in the Mamedyarov – Sokolov Essent game. It is now Black to move. Play it out from both sides. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2006 Cap d’Agde
Picture courtesy of echecs.com (Karpov 0-1 Zhao Xue) Final standings of group A: 1. Sergey Karjakin (2672) : 5.0 2-3. Laurent Fressinet (2640) and Teïmour Radjabov (2729) : 4.54. Harikrishna Pentala (2674) : 4.05. Antoaneta Stefanova (2489) : 3.5...
Motivating kids to compete
Sony PSP, portable DVD player, iPod, Atomic wrist watch, Barnes & Noble and the Gap gift certificate? What do these items have to do with chess? Well, those are some of the innovative prizes used by coach Saudin of...
The fine line between winning and losing
Position after 32.Ke1 Karjakin, S. (2672) – Radjabov, T. (2729) [C78]GpA Cap d’Agde FRA, 10-27-2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 0-0 12.Nxb5 Bg4...
Academy Award Winning Anand?
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will soon feature in a guest role in actor-director Revathi’s film… Revathi is known for her critically acclaimed film on HIV/AIDS, “Phir Milenge”, starring Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan. The proposed film with Anand will revolve...
Indian Wonderboy Negi at Cap d’Agde
The 7th Cap d’Agde tournament is taking place from October 26 to November 2, 2006. Here is a game of the young Indian wonderboy GM Negi: Negi, P (2538) – Kosteniuk, A (2534) [C89]Cap d’Agde FRA (2), 10-27-2006 1.e4...
2006 Cap D’Agde after 5 rounds
Group A after 5 rounds: 1-2. Sergey Karjakin (2672) and Harikrishna Pentala (2674) : 3.53-5. Laurent Fressinet (2640), Teïmour Radjabov (2729) and Antoaneta Stefanova (2489) : 3.06. Parimarjan Negi (2538) : 2.07. Alexandra Kosteniuk (2534) : 1.58. Marie Sebag...
Girls chess league in Bahrain
Girls chess league set THE Bahrain Mind Sports Association (BMSA) is organising its first girls chess league starting on Saturday from 5pm onwards at its premises in Muharraq. BMSA director Shaker Al Afoo said seven girls have so far...
The road to Mexico City 2007
Kramnik, Anand, Svidler and Morozevich already qualified for the 2007 Mexico World Championship. Here are the other 16 who try to get the last 4 spots: 1. Levon Aronian – Magnus Carlsen2. Peter Leko – Mikhail Gurevich3. Ruslan Ponomariov...