Final position GM Shirov (2739) – GM Karjakin (2694) [C89]11.12.2007Playoff game 2 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3...
WC playoff game 1: Karjakin 1/2 Shirov
Final position GM Karjakin (2694) – GM Shirov (2739) [B33]11.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 0–0 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4...
PS 124 – National 5th Grade Team Champion
Picture provided by Shaun Smith Since PS70 could not attend the National K-12 Championship in Houston this past weekend, coach Shaun Smith from Chess-in-the-Schools helped coach the team from PS124. They leaped from the 4th position to 1st place...
Who will win the playoff?
Karjakin or Shirov? Click here to vote. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ramesh wins Commonwealth Chess Championships
Rank Name Rtg FED Pts 1 GM Ramesh R B 2473 IND 8½2 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2585 IND 8½ 3 IM Gupta Abhijeet 2470 IND 8 4 IM Himanshu Sharma 2408 IND 7½5 IM Rathnakaran K 2433 IND...
13 year old IM-elect Ray Robson
Ray Robson has made his final IM norm (a 9 game norm) with 3 rounds to spare! This just came from Mr. L. Salinas: If my calculations are correct, here is what Ray needs for a GM norm: 9...
Karpov school adds chess blog
Karpov School Adds Midwest Chess Blog The Anatoly Karpov Chess School has added a blog on which is accessible from our Home Page. Please feel free to use it for all chess related events in the Midwest.http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org World Champion...
Monday afternoon chess tactic
Black to move. Which side would you take? How should Black proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The future of the US Olympiad Teams
The selection of the US Olympiad team members (men and women) and captains has too many times been a political process instead of doing things for the best interest of U.S. Chess or this nation. Most board members have...
World Cup Review
It started with 128 dreams to make a splash at the big dance. After 6 rounds, there will only be 2 left standing. We know one will be Gata Kamsky. The other one will either be the young phenom...