Der Tagesspiegel, 1994 (This was sent in by Gerson Berlinger from Germany) White to move. What is the best continuation for White? Is this a win, draw or loss for White? No computer please 🙂 Chess Daily News from...
Beware of Scholastic Chess Scam
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Chess con in Melrose?Posted on February 28, 2008by Peter ChiancaFiled Under Remember “The Music Man,” when Robert Preston as a genial con man tries to convince the fine people of River City that what they need to combat the...
Victory through cumulative effect
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Flights of ImaginationChessBy BORIS GULKO and GABRIEL SCHOENFELDFebruary 29, 2008William Steinitz, the first world chess champion, was the great expositor of positional play, the idea that the steady acquisition of small and subtle advantages would lead to victory from...
Aronian taking on Anand in round 9
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Round 9: Friday 2/29/08Levon Aronian – Vishy AnandVeselin Topalov – Teimour RadjabovPeter Leko – Vassily IvanchukMagnus Carlsen – Alexei Shirov Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Anand 5.5 (+3)2-3 Aronian, Carlsen 4.5 (+1)4-5 Topalov, Shirov 4.0 (0)6. Radjabov 3.5 (-1)7-8...
Clever stuff
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White to move. Can White hold this game? How should White proceed? No computer please 🙂 8/k1K5/p5R1/8/8/7p/1P4p1/8 w – – 0 0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Major sponsorship for English Chess Federation
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Boost for school chessBy Malcolm PeinLast Updated: 12:01am GMT 29/02/2008 The English Chess Federation has secured a ground breaking new commercial sponsorship that should provide a huge boost to chess in schools. Holloid Plastics Limited of Basingstoke has agreed...
2008 Lubbock Open
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYSusan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE)and The Susan Polgar Foundationpresent Lubbock Open Chess ChampionshipSaturday, April 26, 2008A 4 Round Swiss System Tournament (Game/30) Event Site: Monterey High School (Indiana and 50th) Lubbock, TXContact Info: 806-742-7742E-mail: Susan.Polgar@ttu.edu...
Will creativity score points with you?
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I usually do not like to watch political campaigning ads. But these caught my eyes. They are quite different than the typical stuff. Click here to watch the ads. Candidate Makes Fun of Own DisabilityBy BRAD CAIN,APPosted: 2008-02-28 17:38:16Filed...