Former World Champion Kramnik easily defeated Czech top GM Navara by the score of 5.5 – 2.5, in spite of the last round’s loss. Kramnik, Vladimir – Navara, David 1-0Navara, David – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1Kramnik, Vladimir – Navara, David...
Dominguez won cat. 15 Capablanca Memorial
There were a 3-way tie for first going into the last round. GM Dominguez was the only one among the 3 to score a decisive victory to win clear first. Final round results: Dominguez Perez, Lenier – Arencibia Rodriguez,...
No picture for you Mr. Ivanchuk
This picture is provided by our friends of chessdom.com. I do not know why Ivanchuk does not have his own picture. Can you create a clever caption?This one is provided by the organizer. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
US Championship Round 6 Pairings
Frank K. Berry US Chess Championship Round 6 Pairings 1 GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 4.0) – GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 4.0)2 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 3.5) – GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 3.5)3 GM Alex Shabalov...
A specular performance by Ivanchuk
Final standings: 1 Ivanchuk Vassily 2740 UKR * * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8,02 Topalov Veselin 2767 BUL 0 ½ * * ½ ½1 1 1 0 1 1 6,53 Radjabov Teimour 2751...
A spectacular sacrifice ends in a draw
GM Topalov (2767) – GM Radjabov (2751) [B32]18.05.2008, Mtel 2008, Round 10 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.c4 b4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nc2 Qg6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.g3 Nd4 14.Bg2...
Breaking News: Ivanchuk wins Mtel
Cheparinov threw the kitchen sink at Ivanchuk but it did not work. Ivanchuk calmly defended an unsound attack on the Kingside by Cheparinov and scored the full point. This has to be one of the most incredible performances by...
A chess classic
Reti 1928, presented by Andreas White to move and draw. 5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
It’s all about intelligence
The family that plays chess together …Evergreen Park Dads, kids compete in tournamentMay 18, 2008 By Jason Freeman, correspondent Ever since he began playing chess in kindergarten, Evergreen Park teenager Brian Schmitt has had one unshakable ambition that far...
Understanding, not memory
Larry Evans on ChessMay 18, 2008www.sun-sentinel.com Books on the opening often stifle originality. It’s unhealthy to start by 1 d4 with our mind grooved to play 2 c4 on the next move against almost any reply by black. Chess...