Simagin – Bronstein (Moscow 1947), presented by Andreas White to move. How should White proceed?6k1/3Q4/5p2/5P2/8/1KP5/PP4qp/2B5 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Important chess and education statistic
Chess Academy Reading and Math TutoringResearch-Based and Data-Driven Note: These results just in after 60 hours of math tutoring in the 2007-2008 Chess Academy Math Tutoring Program with a group of 119 students. Average Reading Gain = 14%Average Math...
Portrait of a chess artist
Portrait of the artist as a grand masterMay 26, 2008 Hay festival 2008: Perhaps he lacked the killer instinct of his rival Bobby Fischer, but Boris Spassky played chess as a beautiful game There must have been times in...
Morozevich leads Sarajevo after 4 rounds
Round 4 results: Dominguez, Lenier – Morozevich, Alexander ½-½Timofeev, Artyom – Sokolov, Ivan½-½Predojevic, Borki – Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Morozevich 3.02. Dominguez 2.53-4. Sokolov, Timofeev 2.05 Movsesian, 1.56. Predojevic 1.0 Chess Daily News from Susan...
Danailov speaks
Our friends from chessdom.com just sent me the following interview: Interview with Silvio Danailov regarding the match Kamsky – TopalovEurochicago.com, May 20, 2008 Eurochicago.com: Mr. Chernenko promised several times to present his bid. Yuri Vassilev published an article regarding...
Happy Memorial Day
It was 1866 and the United States was recovering from the long and bloody Civil War between the North and the South. Surviving soldiers came home, some with missing limbs, and all with stories to tell. Henry Welles, a...
Monday morning brain challenge
V. & M. Platov 1911, presented by Andreas White to move. Is this a win, loss, or draw for White? How should White proceed? 6bq/8/p4P2/1p6/1k6/1P6/2P3K1/Q7 w – – 0 3 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand, Shirov, Ivanchuk meet in Leon
1) The 21st Magistral “Ciudad de León” will be held from May 30th to June 1st 2.008, the playing days are Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The venue will be the Salón de Actos de la Delegación Provincial de la...
Profile of the world’s youngest GM
Meet the world’s youngest chess grandmasterFourteen-year-old Wesley So is the world’s youngest chess grandmaster, and the seventh youngest GM in chess history.Wesley So is a fine chess prodigy. With a FIDE rating of 2540, he is the highest ranked...
Portisch leads Bazna
Round 1Beliavsky, Alexander – Portisch, Lajos ½-½Suba, Mihai – Timman, Jan ½-½Short, Nigel – Mecking, Henrique ½-½Sokolov, Andrei – Vaganian, Rafael ½-½Murariu, Andrei – Andersson, Ulf ½-½ Round 2 Portisch, Lajos – Murariu, Andrei 1-0Timman, Jan – Short, Nigel...