Group A T. Radjabov – L. van Wely ½-½S. Mamedyarov – V. Kramnik ½-½P. Eljanov – V. Anand ½-½M. Adams – M. Carlsen ½-½L. Aronian – P. Leko ½-½V. Ivanchuk – B. Gelfand ½-½J. Polgar – V. Topalov ½-½...
Nato MVP story pulled

On January 12, I posted this story https://chessdailynews.com/nato-chess-mvp-this-story-was-discovered-to-be-bogus/ about military chess. Since then, a number of people have writen to me about the validity of the original story by writing to the Navy’s MWR Representative. The e-military news website...
Chicago, Chicago

Picture by Betsy Dynako As I mentioned a few days ago, I was in Chicago last Friday for a major Chess Education conference with Karpov, Onischuk, Shulman and Zatonskih. Unfortunately, Anna Zatonskih had to cancel at the last minute...
Elista again?

The ChessDom team has just informed me of the following: Irony or a possibility?Topalov Kamsky may take place in Elista The Russian site http://www.elista.org/ cites the chess federation of Kalmikia, saying that the World Chess Championship semi final between...
Both Kramnik and Anand draw in round 3

GM Mamedyarov (2760) – GM Kramnik (2799) [C43]14.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.0–0 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Ne2 Be7 10.f4 f6 11.Be3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 0–0 13.c4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Be6 15.Nf4 Bf5 16.Qd4...
An interesting Corus game

Position after 14…h5 I. Nepomniachtchi – G. Sargissian14.01.2008Corus B – Round 3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0–0 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6 9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Ne3 0–0 13.Qf3 g6 14.g4...
Crossing Harry Potter with Chess

Grandview chess club plays on a grand scaleBy Jan Hill, Journal Correspondent Monday, January 14, 2008 What do you get when you cross Harry Potter with the game of chess? The “K-8 Incredibly Colossal, Unbelievably Humongous, Harry Potter Giant...
A memorable sacrifice

A Memorable SacrificeMonday, January 14, 2008; C10Washington Post The Dutch coastal town of Wijk aan Zee is an addictive place despite the howling winds and the cold you are certain to get when playing chess there. Every January, many...
Northwest Washington Scholastic

EDUCATION150 compete in chess finalsCAT SIEH LYNDEN — More than 150 children and teens competed in the 2008 Whatcom Scholastic Chess Championship, held Saturday at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. All elementary players who won three or more games qualified...
Basic endgame

White to move. What is the best continuation for White? No computer please.4k3/8/8/1P6/8/2K4R/8/r7 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar