Day: November 9, 2006

Anand, a 5-time Champion of Corsica Masters from 2000 to 2004, lost to the fellow former FIDE World Champion R. Kasimzhanov in the final. In the quarterfinals, Anand defeated Mikhail Gurevich 2-0, Kazhgaleyev defeated Gagunashvili 2-0, Bacrot defeated Fressinet...

Who are some of the best endgame players today? Would these players rank among your top 3: Kamsky, Shirov, Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Leko, Karpov or Jakovenko (some Russian GMs believe that he’s among the best), etc.? Chess Daily News...

This is Mega Stars Josh Groban and Sutton Foster. Sutton is starring now in the hit Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone after a successful stints with other Broadway hits such as Little Women and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Josh just...

Artwork by the talented Justin Jenkins What are your top 3 favorite TV Reality Shows? What do you like about them?  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

This Saturday, I will work with a small group of young players in Manhattan to help them improve in chess. New York Chess Mom arranged the whole thing! Thank you! After the session, I will fly to Seattle to...

For those of you who owns or follow chess blogs, you can find out how much your blog is worth by entering the name of your blog here. It is a fun and cool thing to satisfy your curiosity...

Howard Stern talked about chess again for another 2-3 minutes on his show on Sirius this morning. I received a bunch of email and messages from chess fans informing me of this. He once again mentioned my name and...

November 9th is Tal’s Birthday! Is there a greater attacking player than Tal was? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Spanish Super Grandmaster Miguel Illescas was Kramnik’s second in Elista while the other Spanish Super Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons served as Topalov’ second. Here are their contrasting views of the match: Illescas doesn’t have any doubts about the toilet...

White to move. How can White utilize the Bishops? What should White play next? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar