Last week, I posted about President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the World Championship in Mexico City next September. Today, ChessBase just published the interesting interview with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on Sports Express. According to the President, Kramnik has no...
Carlos Torre Memorial in Mexico
The event started with a 6 round Swiss event. The top 12 finishers along with the 4 invited players would play in knockout matches in the second stage. However, one of the seeded players GM Pentala Harikrishna did not...
Chess in a real battlefield
My sister Sofia just sent me this from Toronto. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lahno – Negi | Exciting game 3
WGM Lahno (2459) – GM Negi (2538) [B92]Amity Grandmasters Challenge, New Delhi, India, 12.192006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.a5...
The tree, the tree
Is this one of the most famous scenes of the Holidays? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A teacher remembered for spreading the joy of chess
School’s chess tables will continue teacher’s creedBy Leland OrnelazDecember 18, 2006 Robert House used chess to turn his sixth-graders at Emilie Ritchen School in Oxnard into a classroom of thinkers. To commemorate the teacher and the game he loved,...
Must know endgame
GM Sharavdorj vs. IM Friedel from the 2006 FIDE Swiss at the East Bay Chess Club in Oakland, CA. It is White to move. Do you know how to draw this type of position as Black? Chess Daily News...
Topalov: The Kremlin won’t admit that Kramnik cheated
ChessBase just published an article about Topalov. Here is a part of the interview: What happened before the fifth game? Topalov: We got the videos of what Kramnik was doing between every move. He was going to the bathroom...