2008 Susan Polgar Trifecta Eventswww.polgarevents.com Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 18-20, 2008 Location: St. Joseph Academy101 Saint Joseph DriveBrownsville, Texas 78520-0785 Click MAP for directions. Hotels:Holiday Inn 3777 North ExpresswayBrownsville, TX 78520http://www.holidayinnbrownsville.com/Ask for “chess rate” of $59.00Chess rate good...
Robson closing in on IM title

6th North American FIDE InvitationalRound 7November 02, 2007 [Section – Board 1] Andrews, Todd vs Pasalic, Mehmed 1-0 [Section – Board 2] Mokriak, Ludmila vs Tsyganov, Igor 0-1 [Section – Board 3] Vigorito, David vs Haessel, Dale 1-0 [Section...
Karpov 0-1 Topalov

Final position? GM Karpov (2670) – GM Topalov (2769) [E36]02.11.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Nf3 0–0 9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rd1 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bc3 Nbd7 15.e4...
Percentage of female players

I just asked Mike Nolan for the statistic about female chess players within the USCF. Here are the numbers: 12 and below, 5491 of 29,791 or 18.4%13-15, 1121 of 9031 or 12.4%16-19, 629 of 6771 or 9.3%20-24, 129 of...
Beware of the SCAM!!

My friend GM Gilberto Hernandez (head coach of the UTB chess team) just asked me to post this. He recently received an email for a free upgrade from Hot Mail. He clicked on the link and all of sudden,...
Crossville, TN

I have never been to the new USCF HQ in Crossville before. It is nicer than I thought. I have heard many negative rumors from the usual suspects and it is quite the opposite than what they said. The...
USCF Main Entrance

The main entrance of the USCF HQ in Crossville, TN has many giant wooden chess pieces (from Mega Chess). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
In memory of Duncan Oxley

This was recently put up in front of the USCF HQ in Crossville, Tennessee, in memory of Duncan Oxley. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar