This is the next scenario. You are playing someone 200-300 points higher than you. The game is meaningless. Would you take the draw in an even game right out of the opening or play it out? Chess Daily News...
You can’t make this stuff up
Woman Tries to Smuggle Crocodiles on BodyBy DIAA HADIDAPJERUSALEM (March 26) – A woman with three crocodiles strapped to her waist was stopped at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked “strangely fat,” officials said Monday....
What would YOU do?
There has been so much talk about the no draw rule or lack there of. For the record, I prefer to see fighting chess and I do not mind the no draw offer rule. But let’s talk about the...
It’s fun and challenging
Chess king reigns again3/26/2007 9:49:31 AMBy Karen ColbensonThe Post-Bulletin Brandon Legried, Ellis Middle School eight-grader, is at the top of his game. Legried, who has been playing chess since elementary school, has been the Ellis Middle School Chess Club...
Anand – Karpov video
Here is a clip of the Karpov – Anand match in 1996 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Did you see that?
Here is a video of a very unusual simul. Enjoy! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
ACP proposal regarding Appeals Committee
ACP Proposal regarding Appeals Committeehttp://chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=617 19th of March 2007 To: Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov – FIDE President, FIDE World Chess Championship Committee, FIDE Office Dear Sir, Recently, the ACP has received many complaints (one of them attached) regarding the work...
Can you handle it?
Reversal of Fortune: She Makes More Than HeGuys, you don’t have to feel small if your wife earns a bigger paycheck. Join the club.By DAN KADLEC, MONEY MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTING WRITER Not long ago my wife started making more money...
Illegal move – go back
Published March 26, 2007[ From Lansing State Journal ] Making the right moves: Lansing leaders, kids square off for chess weekGame teaches patience, logic By Nicole Geary Lansing State Journal “Illegal move; go back,” he said, his chin in...
The thin line between winning and losing
This was originally published in my June 2006 www.chesscafe.com column Win with Grace, Lose with Dignity Every year I travel to countless places across the United States to promote chess, especially for young people. In each lecture, I always...