White to move and win. Forget about Fritz because it will not find it. Have fun! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2004 Flashback
The historic 2004 US Women’s Olympiad Silver Medalist Team Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Special College Chess League
2nd Annual College Chess League Tournament starts on Sunday, February 24thwww.collegechessleague.com Dear college chess enthusiasts, We are having our 2nd annual spring team event and we are hopeful to attract 45-50 college teams to the event. This should be...
First Profile of Special Chess People
The first person to be featured in the “Profile of Special Chess Player” is National Master Michael Aigner, qualifier for the 2007 US Championship. He was nominated by Duncan Oxley. Thank you Duncan and Congratulations Michael! Here are a...
Profile of Special Chess People
Our chess community is not doing enough to recognize / promote special people in our sport / game. Therefore, I would like to start a new weekly / bi-weekly feature: “Profile of Special Chess People!”It can be a chess...
Retaining young chess players
The USCF has a history of losing young players once they get to a certain age (pre-teens). What can be done to retain more young people in chess? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Najer and Yemelin captured Moscow Open
GMs Najer and Yemelin tied for 1st at the Moscow Open. Najer won on tie-breaks. Here are the top finishers: 1 GM Najer Evgeniy 2605 7,52 GM Yemelin Vasily 2539 7,5 3 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2588 7,04 GM Malakhov...
Mark Crowther speaks out
Mark Crowther of TWIC: Obviously the cheating allegations are deeply damaging to chess, a point that I don’t think has quite sunk in with the players. Much of that which has been published is little more than tittle-tattle and...
Chess is booming in Corpus Christi. Texas
Game of royalty popular with area kidsBy Mike Baird Caller-TimesFebruary 5, 2007 All of the king’s horses and all of the king’s men are challenging the youth of South Texas again. “Chess is something children carry through life,” said...