There are a number of Grandmasters at the National K-12 in Houston (Gilberto Hernandez, Maurice Ashley, Miron Sher, Joel Benjamin, etc.) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
National K-6 Blitz Championship Results
1 Harmon, LUKE 3 IDB013 ID 1685 11.0 2-3 Mc Clanahan, GAVIN JACOB 5 ILG005 IL 1788 10.02-3 Yue, BRYAN 6 WAR006 WA 1628 4-6 Hughes, John Lodge 6 OHB002 OH 1625 9.54-6 Bryant, NIGEL 6 NYV001 NY 1584...
Opening Ceremony of the National K-12 in Houston
Houston Convention Center Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess unites people
Friday, December 07, 2007Area chess club unites young, oldBy Kevin Caufield Frank Westphal walked into the Burger King in Oglesby looking for a challenge, but didn’t want to get embarrassed either. Once a good chess player in his military...
Philippine’s newest and youngest GM
So newest, youngest GM A 14-YEAR-OLD has finally become the youngest Philippine chess grandmaster, and probably the country’s top player in a few years. Wesley So drew with Iran’s top player, GM Ghaem Maghami, in the final round of...
Kamsky, Carlsen and Shirov to the semi
Quarterfinal results: Kamsky 1-0 Ponomariov (Kamsky wins 1.5 – .5)Cheparinov 1/2 Carlsen (Carlsen wins 1.5 – .5) Jakovenko 0-1 Shirov (Shirov wins 2-0)Alekseev 1/2 Kajarkin (Match tie at 1-1) Semifinal: Kamsky vs CarlsenShirov vs the winner of Alekseev –...
Kamsky eliminated Ponomariov to reach the final 4
Position after 26…Re5 GM Kamsky (2714) – GM Ponomariov (2705) [B97]07.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.0–0–0 0–0–0 12.Be2 h5 13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Rf3 Rdg8...
Jakovenko knocked out 0-2 by Shirov
Position after 21…c6 GM Jakovenko (2710) – GM Shirov (2739) [A20]07.12.2007 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.b3 0–0 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.g4 Bg6...
Alekseev – Karjakin heading to rapid playoff
Final position GM Alekseev (2716) – GM Karjakin (2694) [B96]07.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 Be7 12.Bg2 Qc4 13.Qd2 b4 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.e5...