Boris Gelfand – Vassily Ivanchuk, 1985White to move. How do you assess this position? How should White proceed? 1k5r/3bb1p1/p2pN1p1/1p2r3/4qN2/2R5/PPP2Q1P/1K5R w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Can you believe it? Update: Germany wins 3-2!
Turkey is in a 1-1 tie at half time against Germany in the Euro 2008 semi-final! What is your prediction? Can Turkey pull off one of the biggest upsets ever? LIVE UPDATE! U. Boral 22′ Turkey leads 1-0B. Schweinsteiger...
Plug your chess websites or blogs
We all know some of the biggest and most read chess websites in the world such as: FIDE, ChessBase, ChessCafe, TWIC, Chessville, Chessdom, Chessvibes, etc. What are some of the other chess websites or blogs do you follow or...
Rules and Conditions for the SPNI
Rules and Conditions for the Annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls (June 2008) July 27 – August 1 at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock, Texas The annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls, the most prestigious all-girls...
Left or right?
With a slumping economy and high rising cost of fuel and just about everything else, which candidate will be better to fix America’s problems? Click here to vote: – John McCain– Barack Obama– You’re too disgusted with politics to...
USCF Calls for U.S. Women’s Championship Bids
USCF Calls for U.S. Women’s Champs BidsBy USCFJune 25, 2008 The United States Chess Federation’s Executive Board announces a call for bids for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Championship. Bids combining the event with the US Championship will be considered....
Another classic
D. Joseph 1922, presented by Andreas I presented this once before and it is a good one. Let’s see if you can remember it 🙂 No computer please. White to move. How should White proceed? 3K4/kp6/p7/1P6/8/8/7P/8 w – –...
Caruana and Adams join Carlsen and Anand
How would you like to see a chess team with Anand, Carlsen, Adams, and Caruana? Those are some of the names who will play for club OSG Baden-Baden in the German Bundesliga. Amazing! Isn’t it? Fabiano just sent me...
Profoundly discriminatory?
The United Kingdom of Many Sporting Entities? GM Jonathan Rowson (Scotland) recently discussed this topic here. Below is the counter view from GM Nigel Short who resides in Athens, Greece: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
Kramnik turns 33
Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik turns 33 today. Here is his brief bio which can be seen on his website (kramnik.com): Born June 25, 1975 in Tuapse (Krasnodar Region/Russia)14th Classical World Chess Champion.Three-time Olympiad winner as a member of...