Here are the matchups to decide which 4 will join Kramnik, Anand, Svidler and Morozevich in Mexico City this September. Bareev-Leko Grischuk-Rublevsky Aronian-Shirov Kamsky-Gelfand Which 4 do you pick to advance? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Gata and his lucky camel
KAMSKY GETS OVER THE HUMP IN ELISTABy ANDY SOLTISNew York Post June 3, 2007 — CHESS BIG-LEAGUE chess has been played in some of the more world’s more obscure locales, including Lone Pine, Calif.; Baguio City, the Philippines; and...
Chess.about.com
About.com is one of the most popular websites in the world. It is usually ranked around the top 100 most popular websites on this planet. There is a recent column about the upcoming USCF election. More can be read...
Chess youngster wins Oppenheimer scholarship
Ten students awarded Oppenheimer scholarshipBy Todd Bailey The New Mexican June 3, 2007 The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee selected 10 Northern New Mexico students for scholarships, two of whom — Luwen Huang and Benjamin Foreback — will graduate...
Aronian advances – Carlsen dazzles
After the first six regular games, the score was tied 3-3. Then they went to 4 rapid playoff games. That was also tied at 2-2. Aronian finally won the 2 blitz playoff games to advance. Congratulations to both players!...
The chilling numbers
These are the numbers of the USCF in the past 120 days (Please note that I only put some of the more important numbers): Date Adult Senior Young Adults Scholastic Youth Family Total USCF members 1-Feb-07 20326 3060 10142...
Breaking news: Carlsen tied up the match again!
Carlsen Magnus (NOR) – Aronian Levon (ARM)Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nf3 0-0 12.Qd2 Qb8 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Rac1 d6 15.Qc2...
Gelfand and Shirov advance
Shirov, Alexey (ESP) – Adams, Michael (ENG) Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007 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 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Ne2 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5...
Second playoff game completed
Carlsen Magnus (NOR) – Aronian Levon (ARM) 1/2Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.d4 Rc8 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.Rfd1 cxd4...
Aronian, Gelfand, Shirov strike first in playoff
Aronian Levon (ARM) – Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 1-0Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Nd2 Rb4 14.b3 Rxf4...