Ray Robson has made his final IM norm (a 9 game norm) with 3 rounds to spare! This just came from Mr. L. Salinas: If my calculations are correct, here is what Ray needs for a GM norm: 9...
Karpov school adds chess blog
Karpov School Adds Midwest Chess Blog The Anatoly Karpov Chess School has added a blog on which is accessible from our Home Page. Please feel free to use it for all chess related events in the Midwest.http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org World Champion...
Monday afternoon chess tactic
Black to move. Which side would you take? How should Black proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The future of the US Olympiad Teams
The selection of the US Olympiad team members (men and women) and captains has too many times been a political process instead of doing things for the best interest of U.S. Chess or this nation. Most board members have...
World Cup Review
It started with 128 dreams to make a splash at the big dance. After 6 rounds, there will only be 2 left standing. We know one will be Gata Kamsky. The other one will either be the young phenom...
Who would be your closer?
In this World Cup and in many big spots in chess, some players falter under pressure. If you have to pick one player in history to play “that” decisive game for all the marbles, who would you choose? –...
Kamsky in the World Cup Final!!
The impressive World Cup run from Magnus Carlsen has come to a complete halt. He has met his match, someone who is around twice his age. Experience prevails in this match. Congratulations to both Kamsky and Carlsen. In spite...
Karjakin – Shirov head to rapid playoff
This will be the first overtime session for Shirov in this World Cup. GM Karjakin (2694) – GM Shirov (2739) [C92]10.12.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Re8...
Kamsky, Carlsen, Shirov or Karjakin?
The matches are tied after 1 game. In game 2, Kamsky will have White against Carlsen and Karjakin will have White against Shirov. Who will make the World Cup final? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The youngest volunteer!
He is the youngest of the Santoyo brothers from Brownsville, Texas. He is also the youngest volunteer of the National K-12 Championships. His job was to keep all the parents quiet during the rounds 🙂 Chess Daily News from...