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 Banikas, Hristos GM GRE 2591 6.07 Li, Shilong GM CHN 2509 6.08 Hoffmann, Michael IM GER […]
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 S g ESP 2604 3½ 7. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2615 3 8. Sargissian, Gabriel g […]
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 g USA 26058 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 26049 Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 260110 Akobian, Varuzhan […]
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 everyone to vote. The deadline for submission is December 31, 2007. The final judging will be […]
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 Dallas Keeps Grip on Pan-American Chess Title Triumph in Fifth-Round Nail-Biter Helps Clinch Win in ‘World […]