Here are the standings after 5 rounds at the 8th Poikovsky Karpov tournament in Russia: 1. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2691 3.5 2. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2677 3.0 3-7. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2658, Onischuk, Alexander g USA...
What are their qualifications?
The 10 candidates in the upcoming USCF Executive Board election, in ballot order, are as follows: 1. Susan Polgar2. Randy Bauer3. Mike Goodall4. Joe Lux5. Sam Sloan6. Stephen Jones7. Paul Truong8. Jim Berry9. Don Schultz10. Mikhail Korenman The counting...
Changing history
This was my first ever article for my monthly column on www.chesscafe.com (July 2002) An Historic Moment in Women’s Chess:Thessalonica Olympiad 1988 I remember when I started playing chess as a little girl (at the age of 4), I...
GM Amonatov wins 10th Dos Hermanas qualifier
GM Farrukh Amonatov won the 10th Dos Hermanas Qualifier tonight with a score of 10.5. IM Levon Babujian also scored 10.5 but Amonatov had the better tie-breaks. However, 10.5 will probably get him through in the 20 “best scoring...
King and Pawn endgame
White to move. How should White proceed? Try to calculate it out without endgame tablebases 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar