Co-champions: Timur Aliyev (on left, also S.C. State Champ) and Chris Mabe (on right, also N.C. State Champ) SNOWSTORM IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA? In February 1973, sixteen hardy South Carolina chess players played in a chess tournament during the...
Win or draw?
White to move. Is this a win or draw for White? 8/4R3/6k1/8/p7/Kb4P1/8/8 w – – 0 99 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A feel good story
While I was having lunch at a restaurant in Dallas today, I witnessed a very nice situation. A businessman was having lunch alone at a table next to mine. All of a sudden, he signaled for the waiter. The...
Update on the Topalov – Kamsky match
Update on Kamsky – Topalov matchChessdom has just received a letter from the FIDE office in Athen FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES ÉCHECSAthens, 11 February 2008BIDS FOR THE WCC CHALLENGERS MATCH KAMSKY – TOPALOV 2008 FIDE has accepted an offer for...
Another tough brain challenge
White to move and win. No computer please 🙂 Hint: This is another difficult one 8/7k/1P2b2P/P2nP1PK/3R4/8/pn6/8 w – – 0 0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Another chess related movie to be made
The Coen Brothers To Direct The Yiddish Policemen’s UnionFebruary 12th, 2008by Lucy In Sections: Film News, News The Coen brothers took three years off between The Ladykillers and No Country for Old Men. It was a long wait but...
An amazing discovery
Fossil of ‘Amazing Creature’ DiscoveredBy RANDOLPH E. SCHMID,APPosted: 2008-02-11 17:29:30Filed Under: Science News WASHINGTON (Feb. 11) – As pterodactyls go it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes – yet scientists are welcoming their new find as another...
The biggest talent
Which one of the following players will have the biggest success in 5 years? Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2760 (1985)Radjabov, Teimour 2735 (1987)Carlsen, Magnus 2733 (1990)Karjakin, Sergey 2732 (1990)Cheparinov, Ivan 2713 (1986)Another young player such as Caruana or Nakamura? Chess Daily...
A challenging morning puzzle
White to move and draw. No computer please. Hint: It is not an easy puzzle. 4k3/2R1P3/8/2P5/7p/8/2K3p1/8 w – – 0 0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPF event schedule
Over $100,000 in scholarships and chess prizes! Susan Polgar World Open Championship for Girls(Winners will qualify for the SP National Invitational for Girls / July 27-August 1, 2008)and World Chess Challenge for Boys NEW: Parents and Coaches SectionLas Vegas,...