Do you know how to do the Knight’s Tour? About Knight’s Tour Problem… The Knight’s Tour Problem was first introduced over 200 years ago, by the great mathematician Leonhard Euler. He simply asked, “Would it be possible for a...
Bronx team WILL go to Houston!
Education NewsChess trip back on after cancellationMonday, December 03, 2007 6:08 PM Principal had change of heart THE BRONX — Students hoping to compete in a national chess championship were forced to cancel the trip. The principal had called...
Fabiano Caruana, the new CHAMPION!
Fabiano Caruana has won the Italian Championship with the score of 8.5 out 10, 2.5 points more than the 2nd place finisher! His performance was over 2700! Congratulations to Fabiano and special thanks to Dario for alerting us! http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=693...
Nakamura on ChessFM
Tune-in for Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC Chess.FM. John’s weekly 60+ minute show (members only) will feature an interview with leading chess personalities. John’s special guest this week (Tue., 4 Dec.) will be man-of-the-moment GM Hikaru...
Chess astrology?
It’s all in the starsEdwina BartholomewDecember 4, 2007 7:40:00 AM. Scientists have found a person’s birth date shapes their personality and later lives. Astrology is often dismissed as superstition but there could be some science in the stars after...
Judit ICC simul
ICC is holding a special European Party for its members today Monday, December 3, with its Spanish partners, CET, at the top Barcelona nightclub, Luz de Gas. And this will be no ordinary party, because Judit Polgar will also...
Round 4 results
World Cup Results: Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 1-0 Adams, Michael ENG 2729Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713 0-1 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 1-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 ½ Svidler, Peter RUS 2732Aronian, Levon ARM 2741...
Carlsen did it again! KO’d Adams
GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Adams (2729) [E36]03.12.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Bf4 Ba6 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 0–0 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rc2 14.Rb1 Rac8 15.Nb3 Bc4 16.Na1...
WC round 4: Akopian 0-1 Shirov
GM Akopian (2713) – GM Shirov (2739) [B30]03.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.c4 bxc4 9.bxc4 Rb8 10.Bc3 d6 11.Na3 e5 12.Nc2 g6 13.Ne3 Bh6 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Rfb1 Bxe3 16.fxe3...