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Goslan captures state title
Berthoud teen wins State Chess ChampionshipCategory: FeaturesBy Jeff E. GolsanforThe Berthoud Recorder Spencer Goslan, a freshman at BHS, is the 2007 Rocky Mountain K-12 Chess Champion. The Berthoud High Spartan’s Chess Club acknowledges the accomplishment of Spencer Golsan, a freshman at BHS, who took home the state champion’s trophy for the ninth grade division at […]
Friday afternoon chess tactic
White to move. What is the best way for White to proceed? 1nkrr3/3q2p1/1R2Q3/3P1p2/p3p3/1pP4p/1K6/3RB3 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I won’t be a pawn!
Kasparov’s toughest match: Trying to checkmate Putin By Matthew ChanceCNN MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — Garry Kasparov has defeated the world’s greatest chess players and battled a supercomputer for supremacy. Now, he’s facing his toughest opponent, but trying to check the power of Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t been easy. Intensely sharp, the energetic 44-year-old Kasparov, […]
Cheparinov, Adams, Kamsky, Jakovenko and Wang victorious
Only Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL), Adams, Michael (ENG), Kamsky, Gata (USA), Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS), and Wang, Yue (CHN) won today. All other games were drawn. Click here to view all the games. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WC round 3: Jakovenko 1-0 Almasi
Final position Jakovenko impressively won this endgame. His opponent actually helped him with a few bad moves. Nevertheless, it was a nice win for Jakovenko. GM Jakovenko (2710) – GM Almasi (2691) [C67]30.11.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 Be7 11.Rd1 Kc8 […]
Carlsen turns 17
Happy Birthday to the young phenom Magnus Carlsen! He turns 17 today. His current rating is at 2714 and he has the potential to be a future World Champion. Click here to vote: Will Magnus Carlsen be a future World Chess Champion? – Yes– No– I have no clue– Is he related to Henrik Carlsen?– […]
Kasparov speaks
Freed Russian chess champ speaks out Russian opposition leader, Garry Kasparov, is back on the campaign trail after being released from prison. The former chess champion used an interview with a Moscow radio station to launch another attack on the government, ahead of this Sunday’s polls. Kasparov was jailed for five days after leading an […]
WC round 3: Cheparinov 1-0 Mamedyarov
Final positionGM Cheparinov (2670) – GM Mamedyarov (2752) [D38]30.11.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Bd3 c4 10.Bf5 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.f3 Bf8 16.e4 Bg7 17.Be3 Be6 18.a4 Bd7 19.h5 Rac8 20.Rfe1 Bc6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.e5 Na8 23.Nf1 Nc7 […]
WC round 3: Wang 1-0 Bu
Final position GM Wang (2703) – GM Bu, Xiangzhi (2692) [D12]30.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.0–0–0 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 a6 14.Ne4 Nbd7 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Qc2 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Bxc5 20.h4 0–0 21.Be2 f5 22.h5 Nf6 […]