Kasparov Jailed for 5 DaysBy MANSUR MIROVALEV – 2 hours ago MOSCOW (AP) — Former chess champion Garry Kasparov was convicted of leading an opposition protest and sentenced to five days in jail by a Moscow court Saturday. Kasparov and dozens of other demonstrators were detained hours earlier after riot police clashed with Kremlin opponents […]
Sampras or Federer?
Third time the charm as Sampras wins in straight setsAssociated Press MACAU — Pete Sampras showed Roger Federer another side of his American idol on Saturday. Sampras never faced a break point and converted one of two against his opponent as he handed Federer a 7-6 (8), 6-4 defeat at the Venetian Macao arena, wrapping […]
US results at the World Cup
11 USA 2714 Kamsky 1/2 Adly 2494 EGY28 USA 2674 Onischuk 1/2 Abdel 2389 EGY36 USA 2563 Kudrin 0-1 Vallejo Pons 2660 ESP38 USA 2565 Ivanov 1/2 Navara 2656 CZE41 USA 2568 Becerra Rivero 0-1 Bareev 2653 RUS49 USA 2585 Akobian 1/2 Roiz 2644 ISR58 USA 2597 Kaidanov 1/2 Gurevich 2627 TUR59 USA 2626 Shabalov […]
BBC video of Kasparov’s latest incident
Clashes erupted when activists tried to break through police linesScuffles in Moscow The Russian authorities have charged opposition leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov following clashes with police in Moscow. He and other opposition figures were detained during a rally organised by Mr Kasparov’s Other Russia coalition. Mr Kasparov was charged with resisting arrest […]
World Cup Games and Results
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The unlikely chess combination
When I played chess with Rudolf HessNov 24 2007 Evening Chronicle ONE was a notorious Nazi war criminal, the other a young Tyneside soldier. They came from different countries and from different backgrounds, but they forged a friendship of sorts and ended up playing chess together. This is the remarkable real life story of Hitler’s […]
Saturday Open Forum
The World Cup just started with some major upsets. The American delegation did not win a single game in round 1. Kasparov has been arrested in Moscow. Kramnik convincingly won Tal Memorial. Ivanchuk won the World Blitz Championship by defeating Anand in round 38. It is Saturday Open Forum. What would you like to discuss? […]
Kasparov brought to court
This picture was from a past arrest Nov 24 2007 7:13PMKasparov brought to Meshchansky court – lawyer MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) – One of the leaders The Other Russia, Garry Kasparov, and several other people who participated in the March of Dissent on Saturday and were detained, have been brought to the Meshchanksy Court, SPS […]
More upsets from the World Cup
[White “El Gindy, Essam”][Black “Ponomariov, Ruslan”][Result “1-0”][WhiteElo “2503”][BlackElo “2705”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 a5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Be2 Ra5 13. h4 Qa814. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. f3 e5 16. O-O-O e4 […]
Big upsets in the 1st round of the WC
IM Ismagambetov (2480) – GM Alekseev (2716) [B32]24.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Rd8 10.Qe1 d6 11.f4 a6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Rg1 b4 15.Ne2 e5 16.g4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Qa7 18.Bh4 a5 19.g5 Ne8 20.Bf2 Qb8 21.Nd5 Bf8 22.Bb6 Bb7 23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.Bb5 […]