Day: November 11, 2006

White to move and White is down a Pawn. Can you find the right target for White to attack?  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

In the past 10 days or so, I have received over a hundred messages and email from friends, colleagues, parents, coaches and fellow bloggers urging me to recruit 2 additional strong candidates to run for the upcoming USCF Executive...

Jupiter program offers after-school tutoring, tournaments in chess By JEFF ALEXANDERjeff.alexander@scripps.comNovember 12, 2006 His record now is two wins, no losses. Angelo Goss, 14, Jupiter Middle School sixth-grader, has won two first place trophies in two chess tournaments this...

The forum is yours  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

I have just accepted to represent the chess community in a very special event next Tuesday: The Global Creative Leadership Summit. I will be in Seattle this weekend to visit Delilah and the Chess4Life Center. I will have to...

I have very high opinion of Alex. I consider him my friend. He is one of the nicest Grandmasters and a very honorable one. I have worked with Alex on a number of occasions. He was my teammate in...

Lenin and Putin at the red square in Moscow Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

There were some spectacular games today in round 5. Here are all the games: Grischuk 1/2 Mamedyarov – Click here to replay the game Ponomariov 1/2 Svidler – Click here to replay the game Carlsen 1/2 Shirov – Click...

An official poll was taken by the organizers of the 2006 Tal Memorial. Here it is: Who will win the 2006 Mikhail Tal Memorial? Levon Aronian 743 – 20.9% Peter Svidler 503 – 14.1% Magnus Carlsen 475 – 13.4%...

Here are the matchups for round 5 at Tal Memorial in Moscow: Aronian – LekoCarlsen – ShirovPonomariov – SvidlerGrischuk – MamedyarovGelfand – Morozevich  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar