The 2008 Susan Polgar National Open officially begins today at 5 PM. The first event of the day is the SP National Puzzle Solving Championship. Here is Danitza, one of the youngest participants in tonight’s event and she came...
Topalov wins back to back – Carlsen leads A

Round 6 results: Group A L. van Wely 1/2 B. GelfandP. Leko 0-1 V. TopalovM. Carlsen 1-0 J. PolgarV. Anand 1/2 V. IvanchukV. Kramnik – L. AronianT. Radjabov 1/2 M. AdamsS. Mamedyarov 1/2 P. Eljanov Group B N. Short...
Top 10 Fischer accomplishments?

What are the top 10 biggest accomplishments of Bobby Fischer? Here are 10 that came to my mind by no particular order. Can you add more? – Youngest ever Grandmaster– Youngest US Champion. He won every US Championship he...
Special CNN Video

Here is the CNN video of Bobby arriving to Iceland a few years ago. Special thanks to the countless people who wrote me this morning to inform me about Bobby’s death. I have been busy on the phone with...
Pride and sorrow of chess

From Times OnlineJanuary 18, 2008 Raymond Keene: Bobby Fischer was ‘pride and sorrow of chess’ Raymond Keene, a grandmaster and chess correspondent for The Times, says Bobby Fischer will be remembered as the enduring hero and villain of the...
Most memorable game?

Is this Fischer’s most memorable game? What are some of the other most memorable games of Bobby? Byrne, Donald – Fischer, Robert James [D97]New York Rosenwald New York, 1956 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bf4 d5...
Bobby Fischer just passed away

I have many wonderful memories of Bobby. We played a good number of games (Fischer Random). We discussed a lot about chess history. He shared many of his chess stories, memories, and views about the game he loved with...
Middlegame tactic

White to move. How should White proceed? 8/1p2q2Q/2bk1p2/b2p1B2/2pP1N2/p3P3/P3KP2/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Corus Round 6

Round 6 Group A L. van Wely – B. GelfandP. Leko – V. TopalovM. Carlsen – J. PolgarV. Anand – V. IvanchukV. Kramnik – L. AronianT. Radjabov – M. AdamsS. Mamedyarov – P. Eljanov Group B N. Short –...
Chess without borders

Grandmasters check out eager chess playersJanuary 17, 2008By TONY GONZALEZ Contributor Despite a visa complication which kept former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov from appearing at Rose Elementary School in South Barrington, nearly 60 area chess players challenged three...