After 9 grueling rounds, GM Onischuk and GM Carlsen tied for first. A playoff was held and the first 2 games were drawn. The players had to go to another two games and they were also drawn. Magnus finally...
Onischuk, Carlsen share 1st at Biel
Carlsen defeates Radjabov and Onischuk drew Motylev. They now share first place. Judit or Pelletier can join the leaders if either can manage to win as they face each other. Update: Judit and Pelletier drew. Therefore, Onischuk and Carlsen...
Final round LIVE games
Exciting Biel LIVE games of the last round can be seen here: http://chess.redmouse.ch/LIVE/Live.htm Final round – Thursday August 2nd Magnus Carlsen – Teimour Radjabov 1-0Alexander Motylev – Alexander Onischuk 1/2Judit Polgar – Yannick Pelletier 1/2Boris Avrukh – Alexander GrischukBu...
Endgame foundation
White to move. This was an actual game between two 2700+ players. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The future of chess
Playing Chess as fitness coach for mental trainingMedia & TelecommunicationsPress release from: Zelfi AG (openPR) – Chess is one of the world’s most popular games and now available to play on mobile phones. This is good entertainment on the...
Movies and chess
Why do the movies love chess?By Finlo RohrerBBC News Magazine The late Ingmar Bergman’s film the Seventh Seal helped cement his reputation as a cerebral director, and might explain why chess is such an enduring theme for film makers....
Exciting final round in Biel. Who will win?
Final round pairings: Magnus Carlsen 4.5 – Teimour Radjabov 5.0Alexander Motylev 3.0 – Alexander Onischuk 5.0Judit Polgar 4.5 – Yannick Pelletier 4.5Boris Avrukh 3.5 – Alexander Grischuk 4.0Bu Xiangzhi 3.5 – Loek van Wely 2.5 Standings after 8 rounds:...
The voting procedure for USCF officers
After the new board members are officially certified, the next step would be to choose its officers. There are 4 positions: – USCF President– USCF Vice President– USCF VP of Finance– USCF Secretary The other 3 members of the...