The matchups for the semifinals will be the young guns versus the experience: Kamsky USA – Carlsen NORShirov ESP – Karjakin UKR What do you predict? Who will make it to the final? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Karjakin eliminated Alekseev to face Shirov

GM Karjakin (2694) – GM Alekseev (2716) [B90]08.12.2007Rapid Playoff – Game 2 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 0–0 11.0–0–0 Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.g5 Nh5 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nxf4 16.Qxf4 Rac8 17.Nd4 Nb6 18.Bd3 Qc5 19.Nf5 Rce8 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.e5 d5 22.h4 […]
WC rapid playoff: Alekseev 1/2 Karjakin

GM Alekseev (2716) – GM Karjakin (2694) [C78]08.12.2007Rapid Playoff – Game 1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.d3 0–0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Re1 Qd7 16.Nbd2 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Nf1 Nh5 19.Bd5 Ne7 20.Bb3 Nc6 21.Bd5 Ne7 22.Bb3 […]
Friday night brilliancy

This one was sent in by Andreas – Thanks! (Lasker – Capablanca)St. Petersburg 1914 Can White win this? No computer please 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Super kid and super coach

That is multiple time national champion Christopher Wu and his coach IM Dean Ippolito at the National K-12 in Houston, TX Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Silver medalist Sarah Chiang in action in Houston

Sarah Chang, silver medalist at the recent world youth in Turkey Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar