Visiting Delilah at her studio. What an amazing operation and she handles it with ease. I guess when you do things with a passion, it shows. I am impressed! Delilah will now be in New York City as well...
A very painful endgame lesson
This is the game between Aronian and Carlsen. It is Black (Carlsen) to move. One move draws the game. He chose 73…Ra7+ and resigned after 74.Ke8. Can you find the drawing move? This is a very painful loss for...
An International Crowd
This blog attracts readers worldwide. The above is the surprising chart of the top 20 countries by percentage of this blog. Readers from this blog come from more than 60 countries worldwide. Here are some of them, leading by...
A retro game
I was White. This game was played when I was around 11-12 or so. I was just being reminded of this game by a member of chessgames.com. What should be my plan and how should I proceed? I will...
Svidler lost to Grischuk, Carlsen lost a shocking endgame
Artwork by the talented Mike Magnan Mamedyarov 1/2 Gelfand – Click here to see this draw Svidler 0-1 Grischuk – Click here to see this exciting game Shirov 1/2 Ponomariov – Click here to see this game Aronian 1-0...
Ponomariov continues to lead Tal Memorial
Drawing by my sister Sofia Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2703 3.5 2-4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750, Leko, Peter g HUN 2741, Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 3.05-6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728, Gelfand,...
A Must Read about Wilt Chamberlain & Bobby Fischer
I just landed in Seattle when I receive an email from David Friedman granting me permission to publish this story. David is a USCF expert and professional sportswriter. His work has appeared in Lindy’s Pro Basketball, Hoop, Basketball Digest,...