Okemos schoolkids take top chess honorsFour Fairview students earn first place in Michigan Elementary Team tourneyBy Nicole GearyLansing State Journal Four Fairview Elementary School students carried a shiny trophy from room to room to share the news with classmates....
Important endgame study
White to move. Is this a win or draw? How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Video
Artwork by Mike Magnan The title of this video is “Chess Club”. It is about a HS Chess Club. Other than getting the board wrong with the Black square on the right side, I thought it was funny. Click...
More Scandal: ACP ready to investigate Topalov
World’s Best Chess Player Suspected of Immoral Ties With a computer The chess world has been rocked by a scandal. Kommersant has learned that the Association of Chess Professionals is about to begin an investigation of suspicions that former...
Kid baffles many adults in chess
CheckmateYoung minds in West Linn conquer the board game that baffles many adultsBy Cindy GarrisonThe West Linn Tidings Even at his young age, Willamette Primary School first-grader Graham Kang, 7, knows how to compete. Before entering competition, he visualizes...
Linares / Morelia LIVE Commentary for ICC
The 2007 Linares – Morelia will take place from February 16 to March 10, 2007. The first half will take place in Morelia, Mexico from February 16 to 25, 2007. The second half will take place in Linares, Spain...
Michigan Chess News
Area players top chess tourneyBy RICH ADAMSTribune Editor CHEBOYGAN – Cheboygan students won two of the three school-age divisions of the Cheboygan Invitational Chess Tournamant that took place last weekend. The tournament, the largest annual challenge in Northern Michigan,...
A legend turns 85
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh was born on February 8, 1922. He is a Russian chess player and author. His father was half German and half Jewish. His mother was Russian. Yuri Averbakh was one of the leading Soviet grandmasters for...
Journey to Budapest
Exclusive Polgar Chess & Cultural Journey to Budapest, Hungary! 6-Night Air Inclusive Chess Learning VacationJune 23-30, 2007 • Daily 2-4 hours chess lecture, matches with local chess teams, meeting celebrity GMs (such as Portisch, Benko, Judit Polgar, etc.), simul...