Svidler, Peter – Carlsen, Magnus 1/2Shirov, Alexei – Aronian, Levon 0-1Morozevich, Alexander – Grischuk, Alexander 1-0Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2Leko, Peter – Gelfand, Boris 1-0 Here are the current standings after 4 rounds: 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR...
350 mph – 5000 miles wide storm
Colossal Hurricane-Like Storm Found on SaturnBy Will Dunham, Reuters WASHINGTON (Nov. 10) – A colossal, swirling storm with a well-developed eye is churning at Saturn’s south pole, the first time a truly hurricane-like storm has been detected on a...
Round 4 games from Tal Memorial in Moscow
Svidler 1/2 Carlsen – Click here to replay the game Morozevich 1-0 Grischuk – Click here to replay the game Shirov 0-1 Aronian – Click here to replay the spectacular endgame! A must watch endgame lesson! Mamedyarov 1/2 Ponomariov...
The beautiful and unique side of chess
This is the position between Shirov and Aronian in round 4 at the Tal Memorial after 29…Qd3. This is the kind of unbalanced position that makes chess exciting. It is White to move. Which side would you take? This...
David shocked Goliath
Last night, the Empire State Building was lit up completely Red to support Rutgers University. The college football fans in the tri-state are were wild before, during and after the college football game between Rutgers and Louisville. I usually...
Norway, top of the world
Norway Named Best Nation to Live InBy Evelyn Leopold, Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Nov. 10) – Norway, Iceland, Australia, Ireland and Sweden rank as the best five countries to live in …The United States was ranked in eighth place, after...
Seattle, here I come again
I will be heading to Seattle again this weekend. I have been invited by IM Eric Tangborn and NM Elliott Neff to visit the Chess4Life Center in the area on Monday night. Here is the address of this club:...
Tal’s tactic
This was a game between Tal and Icelandic Grandmaster Hjartarson. It is White to move. How should Tal proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Round 4 at Tal Memorial continues tomorrow
Morozevich is surprisingly in last place with only 1/2 point in 3 games. He will try to get out of the basement tomorrow with White against Grischuk. Can Aronian recover from a disastrous blunder against Svidler last game? Here...
The battles between Anand and Kasimdzhanov
Final position of game 1 between Anand and Kasimdzhanov in Corsica Game 1 Anand 0-1 Kasimdzhanov / Click here to replay game 1. Game 2 Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Anand / Click here to replay game 2. Chess Daily News from...