And at the birthday party, the kids could have played a number of games. And what did they want to play? You guessed it! On Tommy’s right is Dylan, the 2007 New York State K-3 Champion! And what did...
Party at the PCC
Tommy and some of his friends having a blast at the PCC. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lottery Fever?
Ticket Sales Fly as Lottery Jackpot Sets RecordAPNEW YORK (March 6) – Lottery machines cranked out tickets at a dizzying rate Tuesday as the multistate Mega Millions game drew bettors with a jackpot estimated at a record $355 million....
USCF Announcement
Patron Entry Fees in US Champs! by Bill Hall – 3/6/07 To help fund the Frank K. Berry 2007 US Championship to be held May 15-23 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USCF is announcing the availability of Patron entry fees. Between...
GM Baburin on Chess.fm
Dear Chess Today reader, I’d like to let you know that tonight I will be a guest at the www.chess.fm radio show hosted by NM Dan Heisman. The show will start at 21:00 Eastern Time (2:00 in the morning...
UTD and Chess in Education Workshop
Two from UT Dallas to Lecture at ‘Chess in Education’ Workshop Two individuals from The University of Texas at Dallas, senior lecturer Alexey Root and professor Tim Redman, will participate in a daylong Chess in Education workshop sponsored by...
Chess skills carry over
Chess skills carry over to the classroom PORTSMOUTH – Hunched over a table in the Portsmouth Middle School cafeteria, Nick Krol has his head in his hands. His fingers slowly run through his thick, wavy brown hair as his...
LIVE Blogging: Svidler – Topalov
GM Svidler (2728) – GM Topalov (2783) [B90]06.03.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bd3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.Rhe1 Rb8 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.Qf2...
Carlsen crushed Ivanchuk to inch closer to Anand
GM Carlsen (2690) – GM Ivanchuk (2750) [D87]06.03.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.cxd4 e6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.h4 Qe7 16.h5...
Don’t touch my music?
Some players complained about the new USCF rule of not allowing players to listen to their favorite tunes on their IPods during the games. The reason for this rule is to help avoid cheating possibilities. In my opinion and...