In the first match, the “Experience” team has 5 White while the “Rising Stars” team has 5 Black. In the second match, the “Rising Stars” team will have 5 White. Here are the results of the first match: Beliavsky – Negi ½-½Nikolic – Smeets 0-1Khalifman – Stellwagen ½-½Jussupow – Cheparinov ½-½Ljubojevic – Karjakin ½-½ “Experiece” […]
Which pair would you choose?

If you have choice of a historic chess match, which 2 players would you like to see face each other in their prime? Fischer – Kasparov?Kasparov – Tal?Karpov – Fischer?Someone else? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Super GM playing bughouse

This is a video clip of GM Levon Aronian playing bughouse 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Analysis of the 8 players in Mexico City

The World Championship in Mexico City is 20 days away. Here are the 8 players who will fight for the crown: Kramnik (Russia)Anand (India)Svidler (Russia)Morozevich (Russia) Aronian (Armenia)Leko (Hungary)Gelfand (Israel)Grischuk (Russia) What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each of the 8 players? Here is the official World Championship website. Chess Daily News […]
High speed Internet

Cartoon by P Steiner, July 5th 1993, the New Yorker I finally got High Speed Internet connection at my new home in Texas. This blog should be back to normal speed now 🙂 I will have extensive coverage of the World Championship in Mexico City in 20 days, both from home and on site. Chess […]
Wednesday Chess Tactic

White to move. Find the best continuation for White. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess in the Schools International Conference

Welcome to the Chess in the Schools and Communities International Conference University of AberdeenKings College Conference Centre August 30th – September 1st 2007 The University of Aberdeen’s School of Education, Aberdeen City Council and Scottish Junior Chess, in alliance with a number of National Chess Federations, are hosting this international conference which will explore and […]
TTU Commencement Speech wins CJA Award

I was just informed by Mr. J. Franklin Campbell that my Commencement Speech at Texas Tech University in May of 2007 won a Chess Journalist of America award. Special thanks to Mr. Tamburro and Mr. Campbell. Click here to see the actual speech. Susan Polgar Commencement SpeechTexas Tech UniversityMay 2007 Chancellor Hance, President Whitmore, Regent […]
China dominated Russia in 2nd match

Here are the individual results in the 2nd match between China and Russia: Men (3-2) Alekseev – Wang Yue 1-0Bu Xiangzhi – Jakovenko 1-0Inarkiev – Ni Hua ½-½Wang Hao – Timofeev 1-0Tomashevsky – Zhang Pengxiang ½-½ Women (4½-½) Shen Yang – T. Kosintseva 1-0N. Kosintseva – Zhao Xue 0-1Ruan Lufei – Kovalevskaya ½-½Tairova – Wang […]
Smirin wins Acropolis International

The 2007 Acropolis International Chess Tournament is taking place in Athens, Greece from August 14 to 22, 2007. The tournament leaders going into the last round are: Ilia Smirin with 6½ pointsGeorgiev, Malakhatko, Banikas and Svetushkin with 6 points Smirin, Georgiev, Malakhatko and Svetuskin all drew. Banikas is still playing against Bartlomiej Macieja. Therefore, Smirin […]