PLANET EARTHby A. Munoz I believe freedom of expression is a human basic right for every citizen of the world; however, abusing that right is the most ignorant act a person can do against that basic right. In the...
Chess Trivia
Who is this man? Hint: He made an incredible positive impact for US Chess and I just nominated him to be the USCF volunteer of the month. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Create your own caption
Another good caption moment for Ivanchuk. Can you create a clever one? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Frank K. Berry US Championship matchups
Pairings for the first round of the U.S. Championship are up! Colors will be announced at the player’s meeting on the evening of May 12. Check CLO for an update on the player’s meeting/opening dinner. Also be sure to...
Ivanchuk leads Mtel super tournament
Standings after 2 rounds: 1 Ivanchuk Vassily 2740 UKR 2,02 Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 1,53 Topalov Veselin 2767 BUL 1,04 Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 0,55 Bu Xiangzhi 2708 CHN 0,56 Aronian Levon 2763 ARM 0,5 Official website: http://www.mtelmasters.com/en Chess...
Ivanchuk flexes his muscles against Topalov
GM Topalov (2767) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [C11]09.05.2008 – Mtel – Round 2 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Be2 0–0 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Bf3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nb6...
Bu 1/2 Radjabov
GM Bu Xiangzhi (2708) – GM Radjabov (2751) [A05]Mtel – Round 2, 09.05.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.b3 d5 6.Bb2 0–0 7.0–0 a5 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.d4 Ne4 10.e3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nf6 13.Rfc1 Be4...
Aronian 1/2 Cheparinov
GM Aronian (2763) – GM Cheparinov (2695) [D11]Mtel – Round 2, 09.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4 9.Bd3 0–0 10.a3 Ba5 11.0–0 Re8 12.b4 Bc7 13.Rac1 dxc4 14.Bxc4...
Getting low income at risk kids ready
Contributed by: Tamra Obenauer on 5/8/2008 How do you get low-income at risk students ready for the future? One Westminster school seems to have the answer – incorporate tennis and chess into daily academic lessons. The Ricardo Flores Magón...