I am sad to report that Duncan Oxley, a friend and a wonderful chess volunteer, has recently passed away. Duncan was recently nominated and selected as the USCF Volunteer of the Month. He certainly deserved that award. He has...
UK strikes back to pull within 2
The UK team has struck back and won the 3rd match by the score of 5-3 to pull within 2 of China. Here are the results: GM Adams, Michael 2724 – 2681 Ni, Hua GM 1-0GM Short, Nigel 2683...
Not so obvious chess tactic
White to move. What is the best continuation for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Third match LIVE actions
Round 3 LIVE actions (UK – China match) Thursday 6th September GM Adams, Michael 2724 – 2681 Ni, Hua GMGM Short, Nigel 2683 – 2685 Bu, Xiangzhi GMGM Wang, Yue 2696 – 2599 Rowson, Jonathan GMWGM Hou, Yifan 2523...
5 days to go!
5 days to go before the World Championship in Mexico City! Here are the results in my World Championship Poll: Anand (IND) 40%Kramnik (RUS) 34%Aronian (ARM) 16%Leko (HUN) 4%Gelfand (ISR) 3%Morozevich (RUS) 2%Grischuk (RUS) 1%Svidler (RUS) 0% I will...
Pavarotti 1935 – 2007
Opera Superstar Luciano Pavarotti DiesBy ALESSANDRA RIZZO,APPosted: 2007-09-06 03:32:07Filed Under: Music News ROME (Sept. 6) – Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C’s and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the...
I play hundreds of games
From Alan Alda: “…I play hundreds of games of chess against my computer and only beat it when it makes stupid mistakes…“ Source: The Huffington Post Alan Alda played Hawkeye Pierce for eleven years in the television series M*A*S*H...
Shirov, Pono, Navara at Carlsbad
Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament The Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament is taking place from September 7 to 15, 2007. The players who will be competing in this tournament are: Alexei Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov, David Navara, Vladimir Akopian, Sergej...
Unusual endgame
I saw this endgame earlier in chesstoday.net. This is a game between GM Kornev (2567) and Landa (2669). It is White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar