This http://www.rookhouse.com/ site is mostly a tribute to chess history. It also has a blog and a forum that are dedicated to chess. Please feel free to check it out. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Over $100,000 in scholarships, prizes and laptops
www.PolgarEvents.com What: 2008 Susan Polgar Trifecta EventsWhen: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 18-20, 2008Location: St. Joseph Academy101 Saint Joseph DriveBrownsville, Texas 78520-0785Click MAP for directions. Hotels: Holiday Inn 3777 North ExpresswayBrownsville, TX 78520http://www.holidayinnbrownsville.com/Ask for “chess rate” of $59.00Chess rate...
Leading US score at the World Youth
Top US scores after 8 rounds at the World Youth in Turkey: Girls U18Ettie Nikolova 5.0 Girls U16Abby Marshall 5.0 Girls U14Dai Yang 4.5 Girls U12Alena Kuzniatsova 5.0 Girls U10Sarah Chiang 7.0 (leading her section) Girls U8Simone Liao 6.0...
David versus Goliath
Kasparov Jailed After Anti-Putin ProtestBy MANSUR MIROVALEV,APPosted: 2007-11-25 12:27:17 MOSCOW (Nov. 245) – Russian authorities arrested former world chess champion Garry Kasparov on Saturday and sentenced him to five days in prison after he helped lead a protest against...
Who made the biggest impact in modern chess?
– Botvinnik– Fischer– Kasparov– Karpov– Someone else? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
World Cup Round 2 Matchups
World Cup Round 2 Matchups (as posted by http://www.chessdom.com/) 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) – Bartel, Mateusz (POL) OR Galkin, Alexander (RUS)2. Harikrishna, P. (IND) OR Zhao, Jun (CHN) – Amin, Bassem (EGY) OR Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU)3. Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)...
Sunday afternoon chess tactic
r3k2r/1q3ppp/4p3/p1b5/p2N1Q2/P6P/1P4P1/3R1R1K w kq – 0 1 White to move. Does White have compensation for the 2 pawns? How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Highlights of World Cup round 1 – game 2
The official coverage of the 2007 World Cup has been horrendous. There are many mistakes and a bunch of links are bad. Here are some of the highlights that I am able to gather so far: – Adams came...
Kamsky advances – US results
GM Adly (2494) – GM Kamsky (2714) [A07]25.11.2007 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.0–0 e6 5.c4 c6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 h6 8.d3 0–0 9.Nbd2 a5 10.Ne5 Bh7 11.Qc2 Na6 12.a3 Qb6 13.Qc3 Rfd8 14.d4 Qc7 15.c5 Nd7 16.Nxd7...
LIVE games from the World Cup
Round 1, 2nd games for the US delegation: Adly, Ahmed (EGY) * Kamsky, Gata (USA) ViewOnischuk, Alexander (USA) * Andriasian, Zaven (ARM) ViewVallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) * Kudrin, Sergey (USA) ViewNavara, David (CZE) * Ivanov, Alexander (USA) ViewBecerra Rivero,...