Children make their move at MLK chess tourneyBy Michele Steinbacher NORMAL — Nearly 400 children spent the King holiday testing their best chess moves at Illinois State University’s Bone Student Center — many gearing up for the state’s chess...
An incredible picture!
Ken Cohen just sent me this incredible picture of Capablanca’s grave at the Necropolis Cristobal Colon in Havana. He just came back on Friday from leading a mission to Cuba. Thank you Ken for sharing this with us! It...
Very clever puzzle
White to move. Find the best continuation! This was sent to me by Petr Kukla from the Czech Republic! Thank you Petr! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Alon and Yoav
My nephews Alon and Yoav enjoying first snow in Toronto! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Various Chess News
A button a friend of mine just sent me 🙂 Chess Club Teaches Thinking Skills, Sportsmanship “Chess is not just another board game with interesting pieces,” says Laurie Erdman. “There are many positive aspects to learning this game. Chess...
Radjabov won again with Black, leads Corus
GM Shirov (2715) – GM Radjabov (2729) [E97]Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 15.01.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Ne6 Bxe6...
Open Letter by Mr. Danailov to FIDE
A few weeks ago, I posted about the challenge to Kramnik by Mr. Danailov, manager of Topalov. Now, Mr. Danailov has issued another open letter: 1000 София, ул. А. Кънчев 11, тел/факс 0035929816160 To Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,President of FIDE...
Why draw?
GM Navara (2719) – GM Svidler (2728) [A05]Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 15.01.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.d4 b5 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd1 Bg7 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Nd5 13.Ne4 h6...
Tough lesson for Carlsen today
GM Ponomariov (2723) – GM Carlsen (2690) [D10]Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 15.01.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 h6 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bd2 e6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Bb5 Bd6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7...
Kramnik, Anand, Aronian 1/2
GM Tiviakov (2647) – GM Kramnik (2766) [C43]Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 15.01.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7...