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 starting December 2006! She will be on 106.7 WLTW. That is station #279 in the US […]
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 the young phenom. This is why endgame is so important. But I am sure he will […]
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 the United States with 17%, followed closely by the UK with 16% and Canada with 11%. […]
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 give you the continuation in the comment section. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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 Carlsen – Click here to see this shocking endgame Leko 1-0 Morozevich – Click here to […]
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, Boris g ISR 2733 2.57-9. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720, Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698, Morozevich, […]
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, Sports Collectors Digest and Tar Heel Monthly. Check out his basketball blog at 20secondtimeout.blogspot.com. Thank you […]