GM Becerra (2637) – GM Shulman (2664) [C18]19.05.2008 / US Championship Round 7 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 a6...
Wild stuff in Tulsa
GM Becerra vs. GM Shulman GM Kaidanov vs. GM Onischuk GM Kudrin vs. GM Shabalov Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A Keres Brain Challenge
A puzzle by Keres, presented by Andreas White to move and checkmate in 5.8/7b/8/8/1N5p/1pp5/7Q/k1K5 w – – 0 1 NO COMPUTER PLEASE! This is a fun one. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shhhhhhh…What’s up with Lviv?
It is Monday (May 19, 2008) and there is no update regarding the bid from Lviv, Ukraine. Here are some of the recent development: https://chessdailynews.com/questions-surrounding-kamsky-match/ http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/2950-press-release-kamsky-topalov-2008 https://chessdailynews.com/the-bid-the-bid/ https://chessdailynews.com/deal-or-no-deal/ https://chessdailynews.com/another-topalov-kamsky-delay/ https://chessdailynews.com/topalov-kamsky-2/ https://chessdailynews.com/topalov-kamsky-bid-delay-again/ https://chessdailynews.com/topalov-on-kamsky-mtel-and-other-things/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Baku President’s Cup
III International Chess Festival “President’s Cup”dedicated to the memory of Heydar AliyevMay 9 – 21 , 2008Baku, Azerbaijan Standings after 6 rounds: 1 GM Najer Evgeniy 2627 RUS 6,0 2 GM Fridman Daniel 2640 GER 5,03 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej...
A young SC Chess Champ
A chess champ — a very young chess champPublished Sun, May 18, 2008 5:29 PMBy JONATHAN CRIBB I started to panic when, on his second turn, Kevin Rogers moved his knight to C4. He moved the piece with a...
The amazing effect of chess
Students learn the right moves for life60 schools participate in the Baltimore Kids Chess League By Nick Madigan Sun reporterMay 19, 2008 Three years ago, they didn’t know a pawn from a rook.”This is a chessboard,” Daniel Katz recalled...
Chess and education
Club gives Dennis students all the right (chess) movesBy DIANE D’AMICO Education Writer, 609-272-7241Published: Monday, May 19, 2008DENNIS TOWNSHIP – Josh Tozer had a baseball game and still had to get home to change, his father reminded him. But...
Shulman year?
The ever dangerous GM Yury Shulman has quietly been doing well in the past few years. He came within a hair from eliminating Shirov in the World Cup. His FIDE rating has consistently been over 2600. This may be...
Grandmaster endgame play
Alburt, Lev – Lerner, Konstantin (Kiev, 1978), presented by Andreas White to move. How should White proceed? 8/1N6/1p1P1n2/p1p1p3/P1P5/1P2k3/2K5/8 w – – 0 64 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar