Special thanks to Janak’s Mom Patricia for sending me this article Checkmated on Vancouver’s streetsSamar Halarnkar – Monday, May 19, 2008 10:53 AM There’s a chess champion in this photo. The portly man on the right is David Strauss,...
Chess Trivia
Who is this man? He is a major figure in U.S. chess. This picture was taken in the mid 80’s when my Mother and I visited the U.S. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dominguez leads Bosnia
Round 1 Results: Sokolov – Morozevich 1/2Dominguez – Predojević 1 – 0Timofeev – Movsesian 1/2 Here is the official website. Our friends from chessdom will have pictures and game scores soon. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE and Higher Education
Dr. Rich Rice giving a presentation to a group of PhD students at Texas Tech University – The importance of Chess and many field of studies such as Education, Writing, Medicine, Math, High Performance Computing, Computer, Phychology, etc. Chess...
Morozevich top billing at Sarajevo
Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament starts today. Here is the 6-player field: Morozevich Alexander GM 2774Movsesian Sergei GM 2695Dominguez Perez Leinier GM 2695Sokolov Ivan GM 2690Timofeev Artyom GM 2664Predojevic Borki GM 2651 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
US Women’s Championship Video
Video of the US Women’s Championship Playoff Click here to see it. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A puzzle to boost your morning brain
Kubbel 1925, presented by Andreas White to move. How should White proceed? 7K/8/b7/8/6B1/2p5/q4Pk1/4Q3 w – – 0 2 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess and Education in Australia
Our friends from Australia just brought us this wonderful news about chess and education over there: Students at Maryborough Education Centre, in the Goldfields Region of Central Victoria (Australia), are fast becoming proficient chess players. Harry Poulton from Castlemaine...
Impressive 2nd Annual Kings Tournament
The 2nd Kings Tournament to be held from May 24 to June 4, 2008, in Bazna, Romania. The field includes: GM Short (England)GM Beliavsky (Slovenia)GM Khalifman (Russia)GM Vaganian (Armenia)GM Sokolov (France)GM Timman (Holland)GM Andersson (Sweden)GM Portisch (Hungary)GM Mecking (Brazil)GM...