Karpov may be seen in action in PakistanBy Syed Khalid Mahmood6/18/2008 KARACHI: Chess legend Anatoly Karpov has expressed interest in coming to Pakistan during the inaugural National Mind Sports Games to be held in Karachi during the month of...
Business support
It all started Sunday May 11, 2008 when the “DEL RIO NEWS HERALD” staff writer Claudia Hill wrote an article called “10-year-old chess player to represent the U.S. in Argentina” that the Muñoz family began investment efforts among the...
A fascinating game
GM Nisipeanu (2684) – GM_Shirov (2740) [B33]Foros – Round 9, 17.06.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 0–0 14.h4 Be6...
Carlsen leads by 1.5 with 2 to go
Round 9 results: Jakovenko, Dmitry – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½Ivanchuk, Vassily – Svidler, Peter ½-½Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Shirov, Alexei 1-0Karjakin, Sergey – Van Wely, Loek ½-½Volokitin, Andrei – Eljanov, Pavel 0-1Onischuk, Alexander – Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ While everyone is focusing...
Can you save it?
White to move. Can you save this game for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen, Onischuk face off in Biel
Biel Chess Festival 2008Carlsen, Alekseev, Bacrot, Dominguez, Onischuk, Pelletier The 41st Biel International Chess Festival will take place 19th July – 1st August 2008 in Switzerland. It will be a double round robin tournament and will feature some of...
Learn chess in 30 minutes DVD
This animated instructional chess DVD is being distributed to libraries across the United States in the past few years. It is the best-selling chess DVD worldwide and it is a perfect tool to teach young children chess. Captions in...
Carlsen draws, moves closer toward Foros title
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Svidler (2746) [C88]Foros – Round 9, 17.06.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Ndf3 Nxb3 14.axb3...
Accountability!
Mets Give Randolph BootAPPosted: 2008-06-17 06:04:09ANAHEIM, Calif. (June 17) – Willie Randolph is out as manager of the New York Mets, fired in the middle of the night 2 1/2 months into a disappointing season that has followed the...
World-class tactic
Black is Ivanchuk and White is Shirov (from Foros). It is Black to move. How should Black proceed? 3r2k1/pp3p2/b1p2qp1/4n2p/PP2PN1P/2Q2PP1/4NK2/2R5 b – – 0 32 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar