Kid’s champion champion stuffThursday January 3 2008 17:03 ISTPavitra Srivatsan SHE’S all of six years old and barely reaches your knee, but Muthyala Bansi Prathima is already taking giant strides in the Chess world. At an age where sitting...
Benjamin – Rybka draw odd match

GM Benjamin (2575) – Rybka(C) [C41]03.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Re1 Be6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Bf1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Bxd5 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.a3...
10 tie for the lead at Hastings

After 6 rounds, 10 players are tied for first at Hastings: Standings after 6 rounds: 1-10. GMs Malakhatko, Mamedov, Neverov, Chatalbashev, Hebden, Conquest, N. Pert, B. Lalic, IMs Williams, Greet 4½ Official website: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/ Chess Daily News from Susan...
Almasi leads strong Reggio Emilia field

Reggio EmiliaDecember 29th 2007 – January 6th 2008 Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Almasi 3½2-5. Landa, Gashimov, Ni Hua, Harikrishna 36-9. Navara, Tiviakov, Korchnoi, Marin 210. Godena 1½ Official website: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it Harikrishna, Pentala (2668) – Navara, David (2656) [B40]50th...
Simple or not?

White to move. Is it a win, loss or draw? 8/3p4/2kp4/p7/P2K4/2P5/2P5/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Draw? No draw? Now what?

There have been endless debates about short draws and what to do about it. Countless suggestions have been made on various websites, blogs and discussion groups. Now what? What is the best and simplest solution? The one I like...