White to move. What is the best continuation for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
5 tie for 1st in Groningen
Groningen Chess Festival (December 21-30) Final standings: 1 Halkias, Stelios GM GRE 2589 6.52 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GM GRE 2559 6.53 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2539 6.54 Adly, Ahmed GM EGY 2494 6.55 Lobzhanidze, Davit IM GEO 2489 6.5 6...
Vallejo Pons wins Pamplona
Final standings: 1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2660 4½ 2-3. Wang Yue g CHN 2703 42-3. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2644 4 4-6. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2670 3½4-6. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2646 3½4-6. Khamrakulov, Ibragim...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Best wishes to all of you and your families for a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2008! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Kitty
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Top US Players for January 2008
Top US Players in January 2008 1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 27262 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 26703 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 26644 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 26285 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 26226 Shulman, Yuri g USA 26147 Ibragimov, Ildar...
Special chess contest – $300 in chess prizes
I am running a fun contest for all the chess bloggers. It can be unique, cool, rare, funky chess photos or chess artworks. Please send all entries to SusanPolgar@aol.com. I will post the 5 finalists on this blog for...
Knight and Pawn endgame
White to move. Can White hold this? How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
UTD wins Pan Am in Miami
Final standings: 1 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS-A 2535 UTD-A 5.52 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-BALTIMORE 2494 UMBC-A 4.53 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS-B 2446 UTD-B 4.54 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2176 NYU 4.5 Full results can be seen here: http://www.bocachess.com/2007PanAm.htm UT...