It’s Saturday Open Forum. Fabiano Caruana won Hogeschool Zeeland with a 2715 performance. This sparks a debate about American chess versus European chess. Can a player reach his / her true potential by playing mainly in the United States?...
The Nakamura – Caruana debate
Hikaru Nakamura – 1987 (FIDE rating: Approx 2650) Fabiano Caruana – 1992 (FIDE rating: Approx 2600+) Fabiano just recently broke Hikaru’s record for being the youngest American Grandmaster. Which one will break 2700 first? Which one will go the...
GM Lie leads Tromsø, Carlsen ties for 3rd
After 8 rounds, GM Lie of Norway maintains his lead with the score of 7 points. Here are some of the leaders: Rank Title Name Rating Points Performance 1 GM Kjetil A. Lie 2536 7.0 2761 2 GM Alexander...
Aagaard wins British Championship
With the White pieces in round 10 while leading the tournament, Jacob Aagaard went all out and lost to IM Stephen Gordon. In the last round, IM Gordon had white against GM Kosten while IM Aagaard had black against...
Fabiano wins Hogeschool Zeeland with 2715 performance
Fabiano survived an 82 move endgame with the Black pieces against former FIDE World Champion Kasimdzhanov to capture the 2007 Hogeschool Zeeland tournament. In spite of a loss to IM Appel in the last round, Sebag did break the...
Fabiano Caruana leads Hogeschool Zeeland
After 8 rounds, Fabiano has 7 points and in clear first. Trailing him by 1/2 point are: 2 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 6.5 UZB 26833 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 6.5 NED 26484 GM Peralta, Fernando 6.5 ARG 25465 IM Appel, Ralf...
Game saving tactic
White to move. Can White save this game? What is White’s best shot? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
National Geographic – My Brilliant Brain – All 6 parts
I have located all 6 parts of the National Geographic series “My Brilliant Brain”. Here are all 6 parts: Click here to view an 8 minute preview on youtube.com – Episode 2 (Part 1)Click here to view an 8...
Little Sophie
Here is little Sophie, daughter of former US Women’s Champion WGM Rusa Goletiani! Isn’t she adorable? 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar