Dan Harrington is a LIFE member of the USCF with a rating of 2355 Checkmate!BY: JUSTIN MARCHAND justin@cardplayer.comPUBLISHED: Wednesday Dec 05, 2007 12:00 AM Dan Harringon Uses Poker as a Pawn to Capture King-like Financial Success Inside Dan Harrington’s...
An interesting poll results
Even with a small sampling of around 120 votes, Anand is the clear choice of the voters as the best player of 2007. Kramnik is not a surprising choice at #2 since he finished behind Anand in Mexico City....
Looking for heroes in all the wrong places
Editorial: Looking for heroes in all the wrong placesTHE HERALD’S VIEWThe Monterey County HeraldArticle Last Updated: 12/14/2007 02:06:17 AM PST Thursday’s baseball bombshell was sort of good news for San Francisco Giants fans and anyone else who tried to...
White to move and mate in 4
White to move and checkmate in 4. Can you solve it? This was sent in by Kirk Finkbeiner. It’s his first composition. Good job! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Karpov Simul in Barrington, IL
If you are in the area, come to support this wonderful event! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The $64 question aswered, again!
There often been a number of questions about my blog. Here is the answer, again. All you have to do is read the top of my blog. Welcome! This site is where I provide chess enthusiasts with updates on...
2007-2008 Susan Polgar All-Star Chess Team Qualifiers
Age 6 Within 100Liu, Hannah 6 TX 1289 Age 8 Xiang, Evan 8 TX 1567 Within 100Liao, Simone 8 CA 1449Lee, Fei-Tzin 8 NY 1442 Age 9 Within 100 Peters, Epiphany M 9 MI 1566 Age 10 Xiang, Ellen...
Chess and sport trivia
A poster just wrote: “Ya Gata Believe!” Very clever! Which professional sport team uses this slogan “Ya Gotta Believe!” and how did it start? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WC Final: Kamsky 1-0 Shirov
The game started out slow but the pace turned up when Shirov decided to lauch a King side attack. The position was pretty even and quite exciting until Shirov went hunting for one pawn too many. GM Kamsky (2714)...
WC Final Game 2: Kamsky vs Shirov
Will Gata play 1.e4 or 1.d4? It is nice to finally see Gata playing in an important event with a second (GM Sutovsky of Israel). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar