My friend Judi just sent me some of these flight jokes. Some are very funny! Enjoy 🙂 1. On a Continental Flight with a very “senior” flight attendant crew, the pilot said, “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached cruising altitude...
2007 Corus Round 2
V. Topalov – L. van Wely (Bulgarian pride vs. Dutch pride) 1.e4!! (Finally! Topalov is playing 1.e4 again. 1.d4 has not worked too well for him lately) c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3...
Chess in the News
Chess tourney in Neenah next weekend The 42nd Northeastern Open Chess Championship will take place next weekend in Neenah.The event is set for Saturday and Jan. 21 at Holiday Inn Neenah Riverwalk, 123 E. Wisconsin Ave., Neenah.The five-round Northeastern...
The Chess Culture of 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 and...
Corus Round 2 Matchups
Here are the matchups for round 2 in Group A: Sunday the 14th A. Motylev – V. Anand (The quest to become #1)L. Aronian – R. Ponomariov (Young guns)M. Carlsen – D. Navara (Battle of 2 young stars 2)P....
Absolute precision required
White to move. No computer please! Calculate it out! How does White win? Only one way can win. This was actually one of my fast Internet games. I had about 20 seconds left with no increment to win as...
Most Congested
10 Most Congested Cities In The World Criteria: Dense concentrations of population along with the proliferation of vehicular traffic and insufficient roads to handle them. Manila, PhilippinesCairo, EgyptLagos, NigeriaMacauSeoul, South KoreaDhaka, BangladeshBuenos Aires, ArgentinaJakarta, IndonesiaKaohsiung/Taipei, TaiwanSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic...
Videos from Corus
Peter Doggers from ChessVibes has some nice videos and pictures from 2007 Corus. Here is the link. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Battle of the 2 young stars – China wins
Kosintseva, N – Yifan [C11]Corus 2007, 13.01.2007 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Qe3 Qc7 14.Bd3 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Rb8 16.Ne2 b4...
Short day in Corus
Ponomariov,R (2723) – Anand,V (2779) [E05]Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1...