A special event today at Texas Tech, organized by LHFSA, hosted by the English Department and assisted by the Knight Raiders and many others. Dr. Jim Brink, our “Boss” at SPICE Jerry Perez (one of the biggest supporters of...
Game of the day
Final position GM Svidler (2746) – GM Alekseev (2711) [C65]12.04.2008Russian Team Championship 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.0–0 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.d5 Ne7 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Be3 h6 12.Ne1 f5 13.f3 g5 14.Nd3...
Can he do it?
Tiger Woods is trailing Trevor Immelman by 7 strokes entering the 3rd round at the Masters at Augusta National. Even though this is obviously not impossible, it would be a challenge to come back from this deficit at the...
Saturday brain teaser
Kubbel 1927 by AndreasWhite to move. Can White hold this game?8/8/1p1K4/1p1Q4/1k6/8/1P6/4q3 w – – 0 5 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. The big chess news from the USCF is the official resignation of Executive Board member Joel Channing, one of the most successful business people to be elected to the Executive Board. I posted about it...
So’s success in Dubai
Wesley impressive12 April 2008 DUBAI — Grandmasters rallied back to the reckoning as school boy Wesley So of Philippines opened up a crucial half a point lead in the Dubai open chess Championship. Wesley has emerged as the front...
Gauge of success in chess
Natural aptitude not only gauge of success in gameSaturday, April 12, 2008 3:01 AMBy SHELBY LYMAN Confidence is a constant issue in sports, even among top performers. It is especially germane for those who never come close to their...
My chess vision
In the past several years, the Susan Polgar Foundation has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in chess scholarships (from Texas Tech University, UTD, and Texas A&M Kingsville, etc.) for young people across the United States (and even some...
World Champion’s Tactic
A. Yurgis – Mikhail Botvinnik (Leningrad 1931) by Andreas Black to move. How can Black defend the c2 pawn? How should Black proceed? 6k1/p3b1pp/4p3/4Pp2/Pp1r1P1P/1P4P1/2p2R2/5RK1 b – – 0 34 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Sandipan leads Gausdal
After 4 rounds, GM Sandipan is leading Gausdal with 3.5 points out of 4. GM Kaidanov is right behind with 3 points. 1 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2585 gm 3.5 2 Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2596 gm 3.0 3 Lie, Kjetil...