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Tornado Braun in Corus Group C

After 4 rounds, German IM Braun is 4-0 in Corus Group C. His performance rating so far is 3288!! He is 1/2 point ahead of Fabiano Caruana who is performing at only 2766. http://www.coruschess.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan...
Judit’s press conference after round 4

Peter D. from Chess Vibes just sent me the following clip of my sister’s press conference after the win today. Click here to view it. Special thanks to Peter and Chess Vibes. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Corus full standings after 4 rounds

Standings after 4 rounds: Group A 1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 33. V. Kramnik, T. Radjabov, J. Polgar, L. van Wely 2½7. M. Adams, V. Ivanchuk, P. Leko 210. S. Mamedyarov, V. Anand 1½12. P. Eljanov, V. Topalov, B....
Topalov loses, Kramnik wins

GM van Wely (2681) – GM Topalov (2780) [A40]Corus, 15.01.2008 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 a6 8.h3 Ne7 9.0–0 h6 10.Re1 0–0 11.a4 g5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Bc3...
Gelfand 0-1 Judit in Corus

GM Gelfand (2737) – GM Polgar (2707) [E00]Corus, 15.01.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.0–0 Nc6 9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 0–0 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bxe5 Bg4 15.Bd4 Ng5...
First result of the day at Corus A

Final position GM Radjabov (2735) – GM Mamedyarov (2760) [D97]15.01.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 c6 8.Qb3 e5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Be2 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.0–0 Qe7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Rad1...
Making a difference in young people’s lives

This was sent to me by Dr. Mikhail Korenman. Here is a picture of my recent visit to the CCA Academy. This school is a part of the Alternative School Network in the city of Chicago. 100% of students...
A British Tradition

Chess congress heralded a successBy Richard Morris Organisers of the Hastings International Chess Congress have heralded this year’s event as a huge success. More than 20 grandmasters from around the world took part in the main tournament and for...
Chess Art Contest 7 Finalists

All 7 finalists have been posted on www.ChessDiscussion.com. There was supposed to be only 5 finalists. However, there were ties for the 5th through 7th spot. I listed all 7 by random orders. You can vote by adding your...