Helena’s got a model sonEvening Post – Nottingham, England Helena Christensen might be one of the original supermodels, but her seven-year-old son Mingus is not just a pretty face.The Danish stunner even has hopes that her brainy offspring might...
Opposite Bishop and Pawn endgame
White to move. This is an actual game. Can White win this or is this a draw? How should White proceed? No computer please 🙂 Calculate everything out. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Rising stars lead by 2 with 2 to go
Round 8 Stellwagen – Beliavsky 1/2 – 1/2Cheparinov – Nikolic 0 – 1Karjakin – Khalifman 1/2 – 1/2Negi – Jussupow 1/2 – 1/2Smeets – Ljubojevic 1 – 0 Round 9 (Today) Beliavsky – Cheparinov 0 – 0Nikolic – Karjakin...
China wins big over Russia
Leading by 3 points going into the last match, all hopes for Russia to catch China went down the drain after their men’s team lost to China by the score of 4-1! The Russian women won the last match...
Banyoles Chess Festival
The last Festival of Banyoles in Spain was played from 15th until 24th August 2007. The georgian IGM Levan Aroshidze (2470) had won the main tournament A with 7/9. He tied with IGM Moskalenko Viktor, IM Gonzalez Renier (who...
Blog Carnival
Today 8/31/07 is the last day for blogs to submit a post for inclusion on the first-ever Chess Blog Carnival. Link to submit post is:http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_2250.html For further information:http://jacklemoine.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Carnival The inaugural edition will go up September 1. After that it...
Chess Trivia
Can you name these 5 top female players? This was sent to me by Jean Michel Rapaire, President CEMC. I will post the story about this picture after the trivia is done 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Defensive Chess Tactic
Black to move. What is the best move for Black? What is the best plan for Black? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess in the schools in Castlemaine
These are our friends from Castlemaine program in Australia. They are here at the International Chess Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. Talk about commitment to chess and education to fly half way around the globe to attend! A numeracy initiative...
The special JR medal
This is the Jonathan Rowson medal, created by the city of Aberdeen for the young players who qualify. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar