RZA, GZA, Q-Bert On Board For Hip-Hop Chess TournamentContributed by: Tiffany HamiltonPosted On: Friday, August 24, 2007 09:18 PDT Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, GZA and DJ Qbert will be among the celebrity rappers taking part in the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s...
The rising stars edge the experience again
NH Tournament The NH Chess Tournament takes place from August 22 to September 1, 2007 in the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. It is organized by the Association Max Euwe in Monaco. Round 3 (August 24, 2007) Jussupow,...
Tkachiev and Vachier-Lagrave win French Championship
All games in the final round were drawn. Therefore, Tkachiev and Vachier-Lagrave tie for first with Sokolov in clear third. Final Standings (Unofficial based on my personal calculations): 1-2. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 7.5 1-2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g...
Chess is getting more popular
Wii Chess finally announced Posted Aug 24, 2007 at 01:20AM by Enrico S. With the Nintendo Wii’s appeal to casual gamers everywhere, it is inevitable that they would bring one of the best strategy games ever created: Chess. Currently...
Amon Simutowe leads Euwe Stimulans
Photo from US Chess League IM Amon Simutowe is leading the EUWE Stimulans with the score of 5.5 /6! The only game he drew so far is against GM Oscar Panno of Argentina. The other magnificent result comes from...
A rare team game among the legends
[Site “St.Petersburg”][Year “1896”][White “Steinitz/Chigorin”][Black “Lasker/Pillsbury”][Result “0-1”] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.c3 Bg4 8.fxe5 Bxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qa4+ c6 11.Nxd4 Nh5 12.Be3 Qh4+ 13.Kd2Ng3 14.hxg3 Qxh1 15.Qb4 Rd8 16.Qxb7 O-O 17.Qc7 Rfe8...
Chess Trivia
When and where was this picture with Capablanca taken? This was sent in by Kevin Marchese Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Another endgame teaser
This is another famous endgame. White to move and … Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Russians strike back
The Russian team struck back today winning on both the men and women side. Round 4 Results: Men Zhang Pengxiang – Jakovenko ½-½Alekseev – Wang Hao ½-½Ni Hua – Timofeev 0-1Inarkiev – Bu Xiangzhi 1-0Wang Yue – Tomashevsky 1-0...
Queen and Rook endgame
This is a famous endgame. White to move and … Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar