–These are some of the pictures from my event in California last week. The topic was about Innovation and it was sponsored by a technology leader, specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets throughout the world, spanning...
2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad
The 2008 Chess Olympiad which will take place in Dresden, Germany for the first time after 38 years. It will run from 12 to 25 of November, 2008. I have seen the venue and the area and it is...
NA Chess Association March Events
North American Chess Association March Events: March is a busy month for chess no doubt! The NACA is organizing 4 events, and there are still other events going on as well in Illinois from other organizers. A quick list...
Anand’s lead trimmed to 1/2 point
Round 9: Friday, February 29th Peter Leko 0-1 Vassily IvanchukMagnus Carlsen 1-0 Alexei ShirovLevon Aronian ½-½ Vishy AnandVeselin Topalov ½-½ Teimour Radjabov Standings after 9 rounds: 1. Anand 6.02. Carlsen 5.53. Aronian 5.04. Topalov 4.55-7. Radjabov, Ivanchuk, Shirov 4.08....
Which is better? Rook or Pawn?
White to move and win. No computer please. 8/4P3/1k1K1r2/8/8/8/8/8 w – – 0 3 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov 1/2 Radjabov (Linares)
GM Topalov (2780) – GM Radjabov (2735) [C63]29.02.2008 / Linares – Round 9 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.0–0 Bc5 7.Qd3 d6 8.Qc4 Qe7 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nd4 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nxd4 Bxd4...
Early draw for Aronian and Anand in Linares
This is a very important battle for Aronian. He defeated Topalov yesterday to get to a tie for 2nd with Carlsen, 1 point behind Anand. He can jump into a tie for the lead with a win against Anand...
LIVE Chess Chat
Some members of the www.ChessDiscussion.com forums requested for a LIVE chat room and it is now available. We just added the LIVE Chat feature. I just tested the new technology and it is working great! All chess enthusiasts can...
Leko loses to Ivanchuk (Linares)
GM Leko (2753) – GM Ivanchuk (2751) [B19]29.02.2008 / Linares – Round 9 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7...
Carlsen beats Shirov to move to clear 2nd
GM Carlsen (2733) – GM Shirov (2755) [C78]29.02.2008 / Linares – Round 9 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 0–0 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 Bxf3...