Watch out for this cutie pie if you have to face her in a chess tournament. That’s Madeline Bender. Her rating jumped over 200 points in the last 12 months and she tied for 7th in the 4th grade...
Tied for 2nd
Two of the best buddies Christopher Wu and Tommy have been dying to play against each other in one of these national scholastic events. By the luck of the draw, they did not get a chance to play against...
Talented sibling
This is Sarah and Jonathan Chiang (from Texas), 2 of the top juniors in the U.S. Sarah won the Silver medal (girl’s under 10) at the recent World Youth in Turkey and Jonathan came in 6th in the boy’s...
Practical game tactic
This game was from a couple very young players. White took on f7 with the Rook and Black captured back with the King. How should White continue? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The future of women’s chess in America
Here are some of the up and coming young female talents in the U.S. today. A number of them are on the top boards in their sections this weekend at the National K-12 Championships in Houston, Texas. I will...
UTD chess
Alexey Root: Players aren’t just good on the board09:45 AM CST on Sunday, December 9, 2007 On Nov. 9, the University of Texas at Dallas played the University of Belgrade for the Transatlantic Cup, which pits the top-ranked college...
Young phenoms marching to the top
17 YEAR OLDS ON A MARCHKHANTY- MANSIYSKOfficial World Cup Bulletin – 5 All parallels with the first World Cup were erased after the quarterfinals. Two year ago, four young grandmasters eliminated four experienced colleagues. This time the youth experience...
WC semi: Shirov 1/2 Karjakin
Final position GM Shirov (2739) – GM Karjakin (2694) [B96]09.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 b4 13.Nb1 Be7 14.N1d2 Qc7 15.Qh3...
WC semi: Carlsen 1/2 Kamsky
Final position GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Kamsky (2714) [C45]09.12.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Qh4 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 0–0 10.Nd2 Re8 11.0–0 d6 12.Rae1 a5 13.Qg3 Qxg3 14.hxg3 a4 15.f3...