Upsets fill World CupDecember 1, 2007The Washington Times David R. Sands – It’s no way to pick a world champion, but FIDE’s World Cup Championship can be a very enjoyable event on its own terms. The 128-player knockout tournament,...
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. Round 3 of the World Cup is about to conclude. Carlsen just turned 17. Kamsky and Carlsen advanced to the 4th round of the World Cup. Fabiano Caruana is leading the Italian Championship. What would...
World Cup Update
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL)Adams, Michael (ENG)Kamsky, Gata (USA)Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)Wang, Yue (CHN)Shirov, Alexei (ESP)Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) have all advanced to round 4 of the World Cup. Here is the official website: http://cup2007.fide.com/results.asp Chess...
Games from the World Cup
GM Akopian (2713) – GM Malakhov (2690) [B35]01.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Be8 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Kh8 16.Nd5...
WC round 3: Onischuk 0-1 Shirov
GM Onischuk (2674) – GM Shirov (2739) [D31]01.12.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 0–0 14.0–0 Nbd7 15.Re1 Ne4 16.Qc2...
WC round 3: Carlsen 1-0 Dominguez
GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Dominguez (2683) [B92]01.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Bg5 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.a3 Bxb3 13.cxb3 Nd4 14.b4 Rc8 15.0–0 0–0 16.Bg4...
Caruana leads Italian Championship
2007 Italian Championship Here are the standings after 7 rounds: 1. Caruana 5.52. Brunello 53-7. Godena, Bruno, Manca, Borgo, Garcia Palermo 4… Here is the official website: http://torneionline.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
King and pawn endgame
White to move. Is this a win or draw for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kayden Troff earned All-American honor
Nine-year-old chess phenom chosen for 2008 All-American TeamBy Jeremiah StettlerThe Salt Lake TribuneArticle Last Updated: 11/30/2007 07:49:19 PM MST Posted: 7:48 PM- WEST JORDAN – When it comes to chess, Kayden Troff can beat you blindfolded. This 9-year-old chess...
Carol of Lights at Texas Tech
Before the lights were turned on To celebrate the holiday season Texas Tech holds an annual event called the Carol of Lights. The event starts off with the Texas Tech University Combined Choirs performing selections of classic holiday songs...