Posted on Sat, Jan. 19, 2008Fischer started reign with a win in Phila.By Peter Mucha, Robert Moran and Lea Sitton StanleyPhiladelphia Inquirer Staff Writers The Philadelphia area gave chess wizard Bobby Fischer his first big win – and nearly...
Saturday Open Forum

It’s Saturday Open Forum. The big story of course is the passing of Bobby Fischer. But feel free to discuss other issues if you wish. The forum is yours. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Hungarian Protest

Reported by chessdom Hungarian Chess Federation letter about Anna Rudolf’s caseEthics commision asked to take actionHUNGARIAN CHESS FEDERATIONH-1055 BUDAPEST, Falk Miksa utca 10.Tel: (36-1)311 6616 Fax: (36-1)331 9738E-mail: chess@mail.tvnet.hu http://www.chess.hu/To the FIDE Ethics Commission 15th January 2008, Budapest On...
Fischer’s trusted friend

Fischer’s first Filipino friend: He was very specialBy Artemio T. Engracia Jr.Philippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 00:10:00 01/20/2008 MANILA, Philippines–FLORENCIO CAMPOMANES, the country’s chess pioneer and former president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), was Bobby Fischer’s original Filipino friend....
Corus Legends

Final position GM Ljubojevic (2543) – GM Timman (2561) [E00]19.01.2008Corus Honorary Group 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Nc3 a6 9.e4 g6 10.Nge2 Bg7 11.0–0 0–0 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Rb1 Re8 14.h3...
Corus LIVE Score Update

Drawing my Sofia Polgar Round 6 video by Vijay Group A P. Eljanov 1/2 L. van WelyM. Adams 1/2 S. MamedyarovL. Aronian 1-0 T. RadjabovV. Ivanchuk 1/2 V. KramnikJ. Polgar 0-1 V. AnandV. Topalov 1/2 M. CarlsenB. Gelfand 1/2...
Round 1 action

Around 400 players, from beginners to grandmaster, and everyone in between, are competing for over $100,000 in scholarships, notebook computers (Sony, Compaq and Acer), and many other chess prizes in the 3rd annual Susan Polgar National Open in Brownsville,...
One last tournament for Fischer?

Report: Bobby Fischer hoped for one last tournament08:36 AM CST on Saturday, January 19, 2008Associated PressSI.com REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament...
The entertainment

The local Mariachi band liven things up before the first round Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar