White to move. How would you assess this position? What is the best continuation for White? 3r4/2Rr2pp/pP2ppk1/p4q2/P6Q/4B2P/5PP1/7K w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
USA Standings at the Pan-Am Youth
Photo from www.womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com Final USA Standings (according to my unofficial calculation): Boys: 1 Gold, 1 SilverGirls: 2 Silver, 3 Bronze Girls under 8: 9 SINGH Reva USA 5 Girls under 10:2 LIAO Simone USA 7½ (Tied for 1st –...
Dortmund Champion!
Here are the final standings: 1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 4½ 2-5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 42-5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2634 42-5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 42-5. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2603 4 6. Naiditsch,...
Kramnik loses to Ivanchuk
Kramnik never recovered after his loss against Naiditsch. He ended up finishing next to last place, only ahead of Van Wely. It is extremely difficult to play your best and not revealing your pet repertoire. I hope he can...
Total domination!
An impressive performance by the young Ukrainian GM Sergey Karjakin. He dominated British GM Nigel Short by the score of 5.5 – 1.5 in 7 games in a best of 10 match. Karjakin has come a long way since...
Another painful loss for Van Wely
This is certainly not Van Wely’s tournament. He inexplicably lost some games in horrendous fashion. He is certainly much stronger than his performance in this event. In this game, move 37 resulted in a loss almost immediately. GM van...
Video interview with GM Naiditsch
Video interview with GM Naiditsch by Chessvibes. Click here to watch it. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nepomniachtchi, Gustafsson share second
GM Nepomniachtchi (2634) – GM Gustafsson (2603) [C77]Dortmund – Final Round, 06.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd5 h6 9.c3 Be6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Be3 Bxb3 12.axb3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 0–0 14.0–0...
Leko clinches Dortmund
Leko has captured the Dortmund title. Congratulations to Peter! GM Leko (2741) – GM Naiditsch (2624) [C89]Dortmund – Final Round, 06.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5...
Anand’s confirmation
Anand confirms entry for innovative Grand Slam of Chess MastersSunday July 6 2008 14:56 ISTIANS NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand has confirmed his entry for the inaugural Grand Slam of Chess final Masters in September this year, but Vladimir Kramnik,...