Here is a recent picture of Fabiano and his father Lou The Mitropa Cup team competition amongst 10 countries (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland) has just ended. GM Fabiano Catuana played 1st...
Tricky B + P endgame
Liburkin 1949, presented by Andreas White to move. How can White save this game? 8/3B4/3P4/8/7k/8/7p/2K4b w – – 0 5 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Save the Sacramento Chess Club!
A fight to save the Sacramento Chess Club!By NM Michael Aigner Tuesday, June 3Save Our Chess Club! Ever since I started playing chess in 1993, the Sacramento Chess Club has met at the Ethel Macleod Hart Senior Center on...
King’s chess tactic
I saw this position recently on Chess Today. It is White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Short officially wins King’s Tournament
Mecking collapsed at the end and lost back to back games to fall out of contention. Here are the standings with one round to go except Nigel who completed all his games. 1. Short, Nigel g ENG 2660 7...
The Rooks of Miami
These Rooks rule when it comes to chessBY NICHOLAS SPANGLERPosted on Tue, Jun. 03, 2008 School was almost over and with it the Edison Park Rooks’ season, which had, all things considered, been pretty great. The trophy corner in...
Buffalo Mayor’s Cup
2nd Annual Buffalo Chess Championships 2008 “The Mayor’s Cup” Presented by Buffalo State College Student Affairs in conjunction with The Archangel 8 Chess AcademyFeaturing Eddie Mark, Mayor’s Cup Champion 2007 and Dr. Kenneth W. Regan, International Master Buffalo State...
Alice and the chess master
Tuesday 3rd of June 2008Press release Alice and the chess master : the adventure goes on ! « L’Utopie raisonnée pour les droits de la liberté en art (URDLA) », centre international estampe et livre (http://www.urdla.com/gardes.htm), lead by Max...
Shirov responds to team Kamsky’s response
Kamsky turns 34 today Here is GM Shirov’s response on ChessBase: I do not quite understand why Mrs. Kamskaya used such words as “Shirov’s disturbing rumours” in her answer. I think I was just operating with public facts such...
Organizers respond to Irina Krush’s Open Letter
Response to Irina’s Open LetterBy Tom BraunlichJune 2, 2008 2008 Frank K. Berry U.S. Women’s Championship To Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, and all Championship Participants, This is a response to the Open Letter published in Chess Life Online a...