Beliavsky – Smeets 1/2 – 1/2Nikolic – Stellwagen 1 – 0Khalifman – Cheparinov 0 – 1Jussupow – Karjakin 0 – 1Ljubojevic – Negi 1/2 – 1/2 With only 2 matches to go, the Rising Stars extended their lead to...
Brain teaser from Aberdeen
Another brain teaser from Aberdeen. White to move and draw. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2/3 of the Polgar sisters at TTU event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Cory Chandler, cory.chandler@ttu.edu(806) 742-2136 Chess Champion Sisters Conduct Free Exhibition, WorkshopTeacher workshop and simultaneous exhibition to highlight activities Ready to match wits against a world-renowned chess champion? What about two? Texas Tech University’s new Susan Polgar...
More interesting chess blogs
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A nice evening at Aberdeen
The Chess in the Schools and Communities International Conference in Aberdeen will start tomorrow. Tonight was a big dinner with about 30 attendees / speakers of the conference. It was great meeting many people who have the same interest...
Chess tactic from Aberdeen
White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
China leads Russia by 2 down the wire
Standings after 8 rounds: Chinese Men 1 Wang Hao g CHN 2624 4.5 27122 Wang Yue g CHN 2696 4.0 26843 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2685 3.5 26404 Ni Hua g CHN 2681 3.5 26375 Zhang Pengxiang g CHN...
Battle of the Brains
The contestants and crew of the Battle of the Brains The BBC show Battle of the Brains was first shown in the UK in April. In the past week, a number of people have told me that they saw...
Reshevsky Memorial International at TTU
Legendary GM Boris Gulko, reigning US Open Champion and former Soviet and US Champion, and GM Gilberto Hernandez (head coach of the UTB chess team), one of the top Grandmasters from Mexico for many years, have been confirmed for...
Magnificent aerial view
Picture by Paul Truong This is the aerial view of the massive campus of Texas Tech University. If you click on the picture, you will see a much larger version. On the bottom left, there is a yellow arrow...