Pitterson defeats Grandmaster to take Cameron Open Saturday, December 22, 2007 It was high drama at the Jamaica Conference Centre over the weekend, when National Master and three-time Jamaica National Champion, Jomo Pitterson, defied the odds to defeat Jamaican-born...
Kasparov speaks out
Man of the Year?By GARRY KASPAROVDecember 22, 2007; Page A11 Ever since President Vladimir Putin took office eight long years ago, the political and media leadership of the West have had a full-time job trying to look on the...
Barbados teams competing in the Pan Am
UWI to attend inter-collegiate chess championshipsWeb Posted – Sun Dec 23 2007 THE Chess Club of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus will be taking part in its first ever International University Chess Championships event. This...
5 tie for lead at Russian Championship
Standing after 4 rounds:1. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2646 2½2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2755 2½3. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2715 2½4. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2594 2½5. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2637 2½ 6. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS...
Ivanchuk wins Carlos Torre Memorial
Championship match: Ivanchuk 2-1 HarikrishnaGame 1 GM Ivanchuk (2787) – GM Harikrishna (2668) [C42]22.12.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qd1...
A perfect way to spend the Holidays?
Snorkeling in the warm water of … Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Picture of the day
How would you like to swim with a million of these little creatures 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ehlvest bags another title
December 22, 2007, 8:19 pmEhlvest Wins Marshall Chess Club ChampionshipBy Dylan Loeb McClainJaan Ehlvest, originally of Estonia but who is now an American citizen, won the 91st Marshall Chess Club Championship which finished Dec. 16. It was the fourth...
Super Women’s Event in Turkey
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...