White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Texas Tech Scholarship Winners
Here is the link for many pictures from the Corpus Christi event. You may need to register for a free account with Kodak to view the pictures. It is a very simple process and you can access hundreds of...
Half way mark of the Morelia / Linares event
Standings at the half way mark: 1-2. GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2690), GM Viswanathan Anand (India 2779) 4.53. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2750) 4.04-5. GM Peter Svidler (Russia 2728), GM Levon Aronian (Armenia 2744) 3.56-7. GM Peter Leko (Hungary...
Anand wins to catch Carlsen
GM Leko (2749) – GM Anand (2779) [E04]25.02.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 b5 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 Rb8 13.a4 Bb4 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bd2 Bc5 16.axb5 axb5...
Chess is brain food for kids
Special thanks to Dr. Alexey Root of UTD for bringing these links to us Daa Mahowald is one of our presenters at the Texas Chess Association Chess in Education workshop coming up on March 17th. The link for workshop...
Exciting battle between Topalov and Morozevich
GM Topalov (2783) – GM Morozevich (2741) [C11]25.02.2007 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 g5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 f6 13.g3 Rf8 14.Kg2 g4 15.Nh4 Rg8 16.h3...
Finding the right continuation
White to move. Can you find the best continuation? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Artwork by Mike Magnan The Wiley Weekender… Outside a local neighborhood bar, a police patrol routinely parked outside on the weekends for the obvious reason that several of its patrons had the unfortunate habit of driving home inebriated. On...
Artist makes a game out of Army-Navy rivalry
Carving out chess pieces of historyArtist makes a game out of venerable Army-Navy rivalryBy Bradley Olsonsun reporterOriginally published February 25, 2007 Carved chess set draws crowds to gallery You might not think a chess set would be the kind...
Chess Art Exhibition in Holland
Aadvanden Bosch, Redwar There will be a big Chess Art exhibition in The Netherlands. The exhibition will take place from the fifth of march till end of april 2007. The combination chess and art has a history of many...