I have always been fascinated with rare and unusual chess sets. But my interest in this area recently grew a lot more after meeting Mr. Jon Crumiller at my chess center, followed by my meeting with people like Dr....
Greetings from Pittsburgh
Greetings from Pittsburgh, PA. I am here at the 2008 National Burt Lerner Elementary (k-6) Championship. There are a number of sections: 7SS, G/120, (K-1 G/90). A Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event. 9 sections: K-6 ChampionshipK-5 ChampionshipK-6 Under 1000K-5...
General Trivia
What are these two doing? What product are they promoting? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The glass case showdown
Players are playing inside a glass dome. Is this the wave of the future in chess to prevent cheating? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cheparinov self destructs against Topalov
GM Cheparinov (2695) – GM Topalov (2767) [C11]Mtel round 3, 10.05.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Be7 9.c3 0–0 10.g3 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Nc5 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.0–0 Rc8 14.Kh1 Ne4...
Radjabov 1/2 Aronian
GM Radjabov (2751) – GM Aronian (2763) [D43]Mtel round 3, 10.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8...
Find the best continuation
Mikenas, Vladas – Bronstein, David (Tallinn, 1965), presented by Andreas Black to move. Can you find the best continuation for Black? r3r1k1/1p1b1pp1/1p5p/3Pq3/1R6/P2Q1B2/1P4PP/R6K b – – 0 24 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How a super GM lose in 8 moves!
Bu blundered and got a lost position against Ivanchuk after only 8 moves!! The game went on to move 32 but it was basically lost after White’s 9.Bxb5+. GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Bu Xiangzhi (2708) [A05]10.05.2008 – Mtel,...
Happy Birthday to GM Lothar Schmid
Happy Birthday to legendary Grandmaster Lothar Schmid. He was born on the May 10, 1929 in Germany (Dresden area). He was awarded the IM title in 1951, and the GM and GMC titles in 1959. I recently met him...
LIVE Mtel games
To watch LIVE Mtel games, click here. Of course they are also being broadcast on ICC and PlayChess. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar