This event will take place in March 2008 No. Player Country Title Elo 1 Pia, Cramling Sweden GM 25312 Zhu, Chen Qatar GM 25313 Xu Yuhua China GM 25094 Hou, Yifan China WGM 25025 Chiburdanidze, Maia Georgia GM 25006...
Graf 1-0 Ivanchuk
Position after 17…Rxc6. Ivanchuk overpushed and lost. GM Graf (2576) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [A04]21.12.2007 1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Bb2 e6 6.0–0 Be7 7.c4 0–0 8.Nc3 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Qb1 Bf6...
Simple endgame
White to move. After a very difficult endgame last night, here is a simple one. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday! Kamsky won the World Cup and will face Topalov for the right to challenge the winner of the Kramnik / Anand match. Ivanchuk is in Mexico competing in the Carlos Torre Memorial. Grischuk, Morozevich and Svidler are...
I get to take her Queen
Chess champs Gainesville kindergartners win national championshipBY MEGAN ROLLANDThe Gainesville Sun GAINESVILLE – The chess national champion trophy at Oak Hall is taller than every member of the victorious team. Of course, it was the kindergartners that won the...
Extremely difficult King and Pawn endgame
Euwe, 1924 White to move and win. Hint: This is an extremely difficult endgame and your computer programs may not be able to help much. This is one of those critical must know endgame positions. Chess Daily News from...
The ultimate comeback kid
Barden on chessLeonard BardenSaturday December 22, 2007The Guardian He is the ultimate chess comeback kid. Gata Kamsky’s victory in the $2m World Cup, after an eight-year break from serious play, puts the 33-year-old New Yorker, a former Soviet prodigy,...
Teaching the ABC of chess to kids
Chess clinic offered for youthsDate Published Sep. 20, 2007BY LAUREL MYERS For Roger Sukoluk, chess has been a lifelong passion that he hopes to instill in others in the community, particularly youths. Taught to play at a young age...
Chess Castle
Special chess art by 9 year old James Jones. Well done James! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar