YOU’LL NEVER FORGET HOW TO CHECKMATEBy GM Andy SoltisNY Post December 30, 2007 — CHESS PLAYERS who drop out of competitive chess – or who just stop playing casually on the Internet – are often tempted to get back...
The Torre-Antonio battle in 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007 Torre-Antonio chess rematch set in 2008 GRANDMASTERS Eugene Torre and Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., fierce rivals in tournaments and not the best of friends in the politics of their sport, are ready to renew their...
Practical chess tactic
Black to move. Does Black have enough to win this game? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Inexplicable position
This is the final position in the Sakaev – Amonatov last round’s game of the Russian Championship. According to the official website, Sakaev played 63.Nd4 and the game was over. While White’s position is certainly better with a pawn...
Interview with Gata Kamsky
I just finished an interview with Gata Kamsky about his victory in Khanty-Mansiysk and his upcoming match with Topalov. The interview will be published on my ChessCafe column on Tuesday night. I will also publish some of the excerpts...
Sunday chess tactic
White to move and win. How should White proceed?q1B5/8/5pn1/6pN/5R2/3k4/8/1K1Nn3 w – – 0 1 This was sent in by Michele Antonelli (Rome, Italy). Thanks Michele! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Russian Championship Final Standings
Final standings: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2755 8 2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2715 7 3. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2646 6½ 4-8. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2674 5½4-8. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2607 5½4-8. Jakovenko, Dmitry g...
Morozevich wins Russian Championship by a full point
Morozevich defeated Inarkiev while Grischuk drew Svidler. This gives the Russian Championship title to Morozevich by a full point. Here is the final victory to seal the deal. GM Morozevich – GM Inarkiev [C78]30.12.2007Final round 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6...
Anand and Kramnik share top spot on Jan 2008 list
Top FIDE list for January 20081 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 27992 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 27993 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 27804 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 27655 Svidler, Peter g RUS 27636 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 27607 Shirov, Alexei g...
Final round pairings
Final round pairings: Morozevich – InarkievGrischuk – SvidlerTomashevsky – JakovenkoTimofeev – DreevSakaev – AmonatovRychagov – Vitiugov Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar