Northern California IMs David Pruess and Josh Friedel travelled to France to play in the large Capelle la Grande tournament. This huge week-long chess event attracts dozens of Grandmasters from around Europe and the world. GM and IM norm...
Spanish Police searched Topalov’s Car
Spanish Police Search Car of Bulgaria’s Chess King Politics: 9 March 2007, Friday. Police in Spain’s Linares have searched the car of world chess king Vesselin Topalov, who is in the town for the annual chess tournament. Topalov’s 14-year-old...
Carlsen – Svidler 1/2
GM Carlsen (2690) – GM Svidler (2728) [E60]09.03.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qa4 0-0 7.0-0 Bf5 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.cxd5 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nfxd5 11.Rd1 Qd6 12.Bd2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qe6 14.d5 cxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd4 Qf6...
Aronian – Ivanchuk 1/2
GM Aronian (2744) – GM Ivanchuk (2750) [E17]09.03.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.Re1 d5 12.e4 d4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Nc3 Nd4 16.Bf4 Bf6...
Forbes Top 20
The Top 20 Richest People in the World – Click on any name and a small description about each individual will pop up. William Gates IIIWarren BuffettCarlos Slim HeluIngvar KampradLakshmi MittalSheldon AdelsonBernard ArnaultAmancio OrtegaLi Ka-shingDavid ThomsonLarry EllisonLiliane BettencourtPrince AlwaleedMukesh...
LIVE Blogging Morozevich Topalov
Position after 25…Rdc8 GM Morozevich (2741) – GM Topalov (2783) [B50]09.03.20071.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.a3 Bc6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bf1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.b4 Rfd8 14.Qb3 b5 15.Na5...
Bobby turned 64
Bobby Fischer just turned 64 today. Happy Birthday to Bobby! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Round 13 LIVE Blogging
Anand vs. Leko (Linares – Round 13) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nd5 Na5 (This is the first interesting move. Black chose to give...
NACA Round 4 Results
Round 4 results!IM Young – FM Chow: 1-0IM Vigorito – Loncarevic: 1/2-1/2Shankar – Vishnuvardhan: 1/2-1/2FM Pasalci – IM Kraai: 1/2-1/2FM Felecan – Turgut: 1/2-1/2 Standings after 4 Rounds: 1st (3.5/4.0) – IM Young2nd (3.0/4.0) – IM Kraai3rd – 4th...