Pennsylvania MonessenThe Valley IndependentSeptember 22nd, 1960 This is Regina Fischer, mother of Bobby Fischer. This was a picture of her in 1960 protesting in front of the White House. She wanted the United States to send a team to...
Kids, coaches and parents agree
Meeting of young mindsBy Elizabeth KennyGREENLAND — The buzz of minds at work rose up from inside the Greenland Central School cafeteria Saturday afternoon. Some kids sat with their heads resting in their hands as they stared at the...
Rules to remember
Artwork by the talented Mike Magnan Power Principles of Chess CONTROL THE CENTER! What does this mean? The center consists of the squares e4, d4, e5 and d5. So this means when you start the game in the opening,...
Memory Lane
That’s me teaching my sisters. It seems like it was just yesterday. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Who’s the best ever?
This is one that has not been asked too often. Who is the best blitz player in history? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Unprecedented discovery
Dolphin May Have ‘Remains of Hind Legs’By HIROKO TABUCHI, AP TOKYO (Nov. 5) – Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs,...
Tal Memorial Super Tournament starts today
The Mikhail Tal Memorial in Mosow starts today until November 16. The classical chess event is a category 20 round robin with 10 players: Carlsen, Shirov, Grischuk, Ponomariov, Aronian, Leko, Gelfand, Mamedyarov, Svidler and Morozevich.Who is your pick to...
Must watch boating bloopers
I had a good laugh watching this video. Hope you enjoy it! Just click play (the green triangle under neath the video screen) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar