When I played chess with Rudolf HessNov 24 2007 Evening Chronicle ONE was a notorious Nazi war criminal, the other a young Tyneside soldier. They came from different countries and from different backgrounds, but they forged a friendship of...
Saturday Open Forum
The World Cup just started with some major upsets. The American delegation did not win a single game in round 1. Kasparov has been arrested in Moscow. Kramnik convincingly won Tal Memorial. Ivanchuk won the World Blitz Championship by...
Kasparov brought to court
This picture was from a past arrest Nov 24 2007 7:13PMKasparov brought to Meshchansky court – lawyer MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) – One of the leaders The Other Russia, Garry Kasparov, and several other people who participated in the...
More upsets from the World Cup
[White “El Gindy, Essam”][Black “Ponomariov, Ruslan”][Result “1-0”][WhiteElo “2503”][BlackElo “2705”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 a5 11....
Big upsets in the 1st round of the WC
IM Ismagambetov (2480) – GM Alekseev (2716) [B32]24.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Rd8 10.Qe1 d6 11.f4 a6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Rg1 b4 15.Ne2 e5 16.g4...
Kasparov’s detained
Russian Police Detain KasparovAssociated PressNovember 24, 2007 8:26 a.m. MOSCOW — Riot police on Saturday broke up an anti-Kremlin rally of several thousand people, detaining some of the protesters, including former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other opposition leaders....
Kasparov’s office raided again
Russian police raid Kasparov office as opposition picks leader11 hours ago MOSCOW (AFP) — Russian police late Friday raided an office of The Other Russia coalition led by former chess champion Garry Kasparov, hours before he was to lead...
Excellent K and P endgame lesson
8/1p6/p1k1p3/2P2pp1/1PK3P1/P3P3/8/8 w – – 0 0 This endgame brilliancy was sent in by young Eve Zhurbinskiy. She is White and Samuel Chatsky is Black. It is White to move. How do you assess the position? How should White proceed?...
It’s bad. The problem is serious with Fischer
I just read on Chess Today about Bobby being in serious health problem. He has been hospitalized in Reykjavik for several weeks already. Here is the link that was given by CT. Tras los pasos de Bobby Fischer… y...
Various blogs and forums
News and update about the SPICE program and the Knight Raiders are located at www.TexasTechChess.blogspot.com. Chess Discussion forum (www.ChessDiscussion.com) is where chess enthusiasts can exchange information, ideas and discuss various issues. Membership is completely FREE. Just click here to...