After 3 rounds, here are the leaders at the 2007 European Championship:1-5 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2654, GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2630, GM Galkin Alexander RUS 2590, GM Berelovich Aleksandar UKR 2556, IM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROM 2506 3.0 Here...
Identifying chess weaknesses
Which part of your game gives you the most grief? – Opening– Middlegame– Endgame – Tactics– Positional understanding– Formulating plans– Time control– Stay focus during the entire game– Finishing your opponents off– Nerve What have you done to improve...
Former #1 player in the world
If you have a chance to ask the former #1 player in the world Veselin Topalov one question, what would it be? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Open Letter to FIDE President Ilyumzhinov
His ExcellencyFIDE President Kirsan N. IlyumzhinovMarch 29, 2007 Dear Mr. President, We are writing an open letter to you regarding our previous complaint about the large scale falsifications of some International Arbiter applications that were submitted to FIDE by...
One question to Bobby Fischer
If you have a chance to ask the legendary Bobby Fischer one question, what would it be? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
World Champion Vladimir Kramnik
If you have a chance to ask World Champion Vladimir Kramnik one question, what would it be? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Grand Rapids becomes a chess Mecca
Chess a big hit with many Kentwood studentsTuesday, April 3, 2007By JULIE SMITH With intense concentration, elementary-age children across the Kentwood school district gathered to put their strategic skills to the test. Moving pawns, knights, queens and kings and...
St Jude’s Primary School topped the competition
Chess glory for St Jude’sPublished on: 4/5/07 ST JUDE’S PRIMARY SCHOOL recorded a whopping 59 points, just seven short of a perfect score, along with an unblemished 6-match run, to comprehensively win the recently concluded 2007 United Insurance Inter-Primary...
From NY to LA, kids compete for National titles
Gregory Young and other CalChess kids win at National JHS in Sacramento!Posted by (NM Michael Aigner) fpawn on Wednesday, April 04 @ 18:27:40 CDTFor one weekend, the epicenter of U.S. chess moved west of the Hudson River and ended...
Most unusual start?
After the St. Louis Cardinals eliminated the Mets last year, they went on to defeat the Detroit Tigers to win their 10th World Series. However, this year is a different year. The 2007 MLB season started with the Cardinals...