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The strongest ever

Judit is clearly the strongest female chess player ever. She was the first to break 2600 and 2700. I could not be more proud of everything she has done. Will her achievements stand for a long time? Is there...
IM norm from NA FIDE tournament

Breaking News! Dr. Tansel Turgut of the Turkish Federation has scored his 1st IM norm with a win over FM Mehmed Pasalic. This is Dr. Turgut’s 1st IM norm. Dr. Turgut is a cardiologist from Decatur, IL and is...
Photo finish ahead at Corus

Standings after 12 rounds: Group A 1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 7½3. T. Radjabov, V. Anand 75. V. Ivanchuk 6½6. V. Kramnik, S. Mamedyarov, M. Adams, P. Leko 610. J. Polgar, V. Topalov 5½12. P. Eljanov 513. L. van...
Financial disaster ahead?

Here is the latest statement by USCF President Bill Goichberg: “…after seven months we are running $42,341 behind budget. The membership trend has been poor in the past few months, and legal expenses for the rest of the year...
Endgame improvement

White to move and draw 5K1k/1N6/8/8/4pp2/8/7P/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Incredible passion for chess

Heath Ledger’s Passion for ChessBy Christina TapperPeople MagazineOriginally posted Saturday January 26, 2008 12:00 PM EST No stranger to the New York Washington Square Park chess world, Heath Ledger found joy by screaming the occasional ‘checkmate!’ But an observer...
Carlsen did it again!

After a tough loss against Anand with the White pieces yesterday, he bounced back big time to take down Kramnik with the Black pieces today. All I can see is he is fearless! GM Kramnik (2799) – GM Carlsen...
A dynamic game in Corus B group

Position after 42.Re1 IM Spoelman (2424) – GM Koneru (2612) [B06]26.01.2008Corus B 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.h4 Ngf6 7.f3 b5 8.0–0–0 Bb7 9.g4 h5 10.g5 Nh7 11.d5 c5 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4...
Instructional endgame: Adams 0-1 J. Polgar

Position after 36.Ke2 This is the game between Adams and Judit at Corus. GM Adams (2726) – GM Polgar (2707) [C42]26.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxc3...