4 February 2007Official Statement about The Condition of Honorary President Florencio CampomanesOn February 4 in the morning, Turkish Chess Federation President Ali Nihat Yazici visited FIDE Honoraray President Florencio Campomanes in Antalya Anadolu Hospital together with Campo`s eldest son...
Indianapolis Colts win the Superbowl
Final Score: Colts 29 – Bears 17 Peyton Manning won the Superbowl MVP! For those of you who like the Superbowl commercials, here are all of them! Click here to watch them. Enjoy! My favorite commercial was the Blockbuster...
Live Superbowl Blogging
This is a historic Superbowl as it marks the first time there are 2 African American head football coaches in the Superbowl. Right after Billy Joel sung the National Anthem, the Bears scored a 92-yeard touchdown from the opening...
9 lives checkmate
This was sent in by Lambent today. Now only if we can get this cat and this dog to play a world championship match for $5,000,000 prize funds! Sponsors? 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Typical Chess Scenario
Issues on the Chess Table : Short DrawsFrom Mark Weeks,Your Guide to Chess A Typical Scenario The last round of the Super Grandmaster chess tournament has started, the playing hall is packed with spectators, and everyone is watching the...
Carlsen wins Faaborg Midt Cup
Faaborg Midt Cup The Faaborg Midt Cup is strongest Nordic blindfold chess tournament which was held at the Castle of Hvedholm on Funen, Denmark. The field consists of GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Emanuel Berg and...
Top women players
Top 5 active women players in the world 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 27272 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2567 (my pick)3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 25304 Zhu, Chen g QAT 25185 Xu, Yuhua wg CHN 2517 Inactive: Polgar, Susan...
IQ range of 180
This article has a lot of factual errors but it also offers some interesting views. Read and judge for yourself.Bobby Fischer: The greatest chessplayer of all time?By Errol TiwariSunday, February 4th 2007 Fischer’s IQ was in the range of...
Pennsylvania whiz kid
8-year-old chess champion plots next moveBy Jessica SavrockFor the CDTWhether he’s playing for fun or in an intense competition, Alex Chen is ahead of his game. Since he learned to play chess almost two years ago, the local 8-year-old...