I visited the Fairview German School earlier this year when I was in Cincinnati Kids raising funds to save teachers BY BEN FISCHERAmid a deepening financial crisis in Cincinnati Public Schools, parents at Fairview German Language School moved past...
Exciting finish in Elista
Aronian 2.5 – 1.5 Carlsen (W) Leko 3.5 – 0.5 Gurevich [Leko advances] (W) Ponomariov 1.5 – 2.5 Rublevsky (W) Gelfand 2.0 – 2.0 Kasimdzhanov Kamsky 3.5 – 0.5 Bacrot [Kamsky advances] (W) Grischuk 3 – 1 Malakhov (W)...
Anand: It is a pity but there is no alternative
I am not a bad classical chess player: Anand31 May, 2007 l 1845 hrs NEW DELHI, May 31: Viswanathan Anand on Thursday advised the world chess federation (FIDE) to find a balance between “broadening the player base” and maintaining...
Kamsky and Leko convincingly advanced
GM Bacrot (2709) – GM Kamsky (2705) [E00] 0-1FIDE candidates Matches Elista, Kalmykia Russia, 31.05.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Nc3 f5 12.Ne5 Nxe5...
Bareev – J. Polgar (game 4)
Judit is in good spirit and she is confident. No one knows what will happen in the next 3 games. One thing you can be sure is she will throw the kitchen sink at Bareev for the remainder of...
Bacrot – Kamsky (game 4)
Just one point away from moving to the next round, Gata is in the driver seat in this match. I expected Gata to win the match but the current score is a big surprise. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3...
Ready for game 4 in Elista?
After 3 games, here are the standings: (W) Aronian 1.5 – 1.5 Carlsen Leko 2.5 – 0.5 Gurevich (W) Ponomariov 1.0 – 2.0 Rublevsky (W) Gelfand 1.5 – 1.5 Kasimdzhanov (W) Kamsky 2.5 – 0.5 Bacrot (W) Grischuk 2...
Special PCC Summer Camp
SPECIAL SUMMER CHESS CAMP 2007 Week 1: July 9 – 13Week 2: July 16 – 20Week 3: July 23 – 27Week 4: Aug 6 – 10Week 5: Aug 13 – 17Week 6: Aug 20 – 24 What will the...
Bedtime chess tactic
White to move. Can you find the best continuation for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A fantastic event – The 2007 Canadian Open
The 2007 Canadian Open Chess Championship, to be staged from July 7 to 15 at the Ottawa Marriott in Canada’s capital, has all the makings of a milestone event for chess in Canada. In the last month, the organizers...